Sausage Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

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