Sausage Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. soda
1 lb. sausage
4 c. brown sugar
1 lb. raisins or dates
1 pt. boiling water
4 1/2 c. flour
1 Tbsp. ground cloves
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 c. walnuts

Preparation

Dissolve soda in a little cold water.
Break up sausage in mixing bowl.
Add sugar and raisins (or dates).
Pour boiling water over all mixture.
Stir in soda water.
Sift other ingredients together.
Add to contents of bowl.
Stir in nuts. Bake in tube pan at 300\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
May bake in an iron cake mold between 250\u00b0 and 275\u00b0 for about 2 hours or until done.