Sausage Cake

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb ground sausage (mild, or I have the butcher grind up pork cutlets)
• 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 lb walnuts
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brewed coffee (brewed, NOT coffee grounds!)
• 3/4 teaspoon spices (nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves or pumpkin pie spice)
• 1 (16 ounce) box raisins

Directions

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Mix by hand. You will bake like a fruit cake.

2. 2

   When mixed, fill pans almost full (I use an angel food cake pan). Cover with paper last hour of baking. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Bake until toothpick stuck in center comes out clean.

3. 3

   Cool; wrap in waxed paper or foil. In old days, cakes were wrapped in wine-dampened cloth to keep moist and mellow. Store in air-tight container in cool place.

4. 4

   This has been passed down from my native American ancestors (my grandpa was half Cherokee, half Cheyenne).