German Spice Cake

Name: German Spice Cake
Ingredients: 5 c. flour; 2 c. sugar; 1 1/4 c. margarine; 2 eggs; 4 tsp. vanilla; 1 tsp. cinnamon; pinch of cloves; 1 tsp. baking powder (in flour); 2 Tbsp. cocoa; 2 or 3 oz. citron; 2 or 3 oz. chopped almonds; 2 or 3 oz. other nutmeats

12 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

5 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. margarine
2 eggs
4 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of cloves
1 tsp. baking powder (in flour)
2 Tbsp. cocoa
2 or 3 oz. citron
2 or 3 oz. chopped almonds
2 or 3 oz. other nutmeats

Directions

1

Make a liquid from 1/2 cup coffee and 1 cup water.
2

Cream margarine and add sugar and whole egg and nutmeats.
3

Put spices in flour.
4

Make up coffee and strain.
5

Mix coffee with enough flour to make a liquid paste.
6

Put baking powder in balance of flour mixture.
7

Mix alternately flour and coffee with creamed mixture. Bake in any pan, round, square or tube style, well-greased.
8

Put in unlighted oven.
9

Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
10

Cover with chocolate frosting.