Salt Pork Cake
Ingredients
- 1 lb fat salt pork
- 2 cups strong coffee boiling
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1 cup molassas
- 1½ tsp soda
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1½ tsp nutmeg
- 6 cups flour
- 1 lb raisins
- 1 lb currants
- ½ lb citron thinly sliced
- 2 cups walnut meat
- 1 tsp almond flavoring
Instructions
- Put pork through fine blade of grinder1 lb fat salt pork
- Pour boiling coffee over pork.2 cups strong coffee
- Add brown sugar and eggs2 cups brown sugar, 3 eggs
- Add soda to molasses and stir into your pork mixture.1 cup molassas, 1½ tsp soda
- Mix flour, spices in another bowl, add raisins, currants and citron.3 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp cloves, 1½ tsp nutmeg, 6 cups flour, 1 lb raisins, 1 lb currants, ½ lb citron, 2 cups walnut meat, 1 tsp almond flavoring
- Add pork mixture to dry ingredients.
- Back at 325° for 2 hours.
