Sausage Cake
(Mrs. Robert Fenton - 2nd District, New York State Federation of Women's Clubs)

1 pound Pork Sausage Meat
1 1/2 cups firmly packed Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups granulated Sugar
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups pre-sifted Flour
1 teaspoon Ginger
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Pumpkin-Pie Spice
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup cold strong Coffee
1 cup Raisins
1 cup chopped Walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan. In mixing bowl, combine meat and sugars and stir until mixture is well blended. Add eggs and mix well. Onto piece of waxed paper, sift flour, ginger, baking powder and pumpkin-pie spice. Stir baking soda into coffee. Add flour mixture and coffee alternately to meat mixture, beating well after each addition. Pour boiling water over the raisins and let stand 5 minutes; drain well and dry raisins in cloth. Fold raisins and walnuts into cake batter. Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake 1 1/2 hours, or until done. Keeps indefinitely in refrigerator.