Old-Fashioned Pork Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pint black coffee, strong
1 lb fat pork, fresh ground
1 lb walnuts, chopped
1 lb raisins
1 lb dates, cut up (optional)
1 medium orange, peeled (optional)
1 lb candied fruit (optional)
4 cups brown sugar
7 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
1 cup applesauce
1 cup citron

Preparation

Grease and flour 2 bundt pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Put pork and raisins in a large mixing bowl (6qt.+) and pour hot coffee over them; Set aside allowing some time to cool.
Sift together all measured dry ingredients; Mix in walnuts.
Stir pork mixture carefully in case the coffee is still hot. Slowly begin to add sifted dry ingredients with walnuts and combine together thoroughly.
Mix in applesauce and citron.
Pour into greased and floured bundt pans. Bake for 1-1/2 to two hours or until done.