Original Recipe

Coffee Cake

One cupful of butter and lard, (half-in-half), one cupful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cup cold coffee, one teaspoon of soda or two rounding teaspoons of baking powder, two eggs beaten separately, even tablespoons of ginger, cinnamon and cloves or spice to taste; four cups of sifted flour. (One cupful of raisins improves it.)

Bake in moderate oven.