Sausage Cake

• 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

1. Mix all ingredients by hand in a large mixing bowl.
2. You will bake it like a fruit cake.
3. Fill pan almost full (I use an angel food cake pan).
4. Cover with paper last hour of baking.
5. Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1-1/2 hours.
6. Bake until toothpick in center comes out clean.
7. Cool; wrap in waxed paper or foil.
8. In olden days, cakes were wrapped in wine-dampened cloth to keep them moist and mellow.
9. Store in air-tight container in cool place.
10. This recipe has been passed down from my native American ancestors: my Grandpa was half Cherokee, half Cheyenne.

ground sausage, brown sugar, baking soda, walnuts, flour, coffee, nutmeg, raisins

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sausage-cake-198791 (may not work)