1 cup butter. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon ground allspice. 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. 1 teaspoon soda put into the molasses. 2 cups seeded raisins. 1 cup warm coffee. 1 egg. 1 cup black molasses. 3 cups sifted flour.

Order of mixing: Cream the butter alone, add sugar and cream again, egg beaten very light, then the molasses (into which has been stirred the soda), the warm coffee, the flour, a little at a time, and the spices. Beat very thoroughly and add the fruit dredged with flour. Bake in a slow oven 1 1/2 to 2 hours, as a hot oven easily burns molasses.