Ingredients:

1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup of molasses
1 cup of strong, cold coffee
1 tsp of baking soda
2 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of cloves
1 cup of raisins or currants
5 cups of flour

Directions

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Add the fruit last, rubbed in a little of the flour. Bake for about one hour.

The Whitehouse Cookbook
by Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Published 1887