Sausage Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. sausage
1 lb. raisins
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. cold water
3 1/4 to 4 c. flour
1 c. chopped dates
1 lb. brown sugar (2 1/4 c.)
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. soda
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Mix sausage, sugar and spices.
Boil raisins in water until only 1 cup of fluid remains from original 2 cups.
Add soda to 1 cup of fluid from raisins.
Add to sausage mixture.
Add flour and mix well.
Add raisins, nuts and dates.
Mixture will be very stiff.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.