Recipe - Mocha Cake

One half cup Shortening
1 cup Brown sugar
1 Three fourths cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Allspice
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Currents
2 Eggs, well beaten
1 tablespoon Coffee
One half cup Boiling water
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Cloves
1 cup Raisins
One half cup Finely cut or sliced up citron

Combine coffee and boiling water. Boil 3 minutes. Strain and cool. Cream
sugar with shortening. Add eggs. Beat thoroughly. Sift flour, measure, and
sift with baking soda,salt, and spices, reserving One fourth cup of the flour for
dredging the fruits. Add dry ingredients alternately with coffee to first
mixture. Beat until smooth. Add fruits. Mix well. Pour into welloiled loaf
pan. Bake in slow oven (350 F) about 40 minutes. The Household Searchlight

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