Spice Beer Cake

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Title: Spice Beer Cake
Categories: Cakes, Beverages
Yield: 12 servings

3 c Flour 2 c Brown sugar, packed
2 ts Baking soda 2 Eggs, beaten
1/2 ts Salt 1 c Shortening
1 ts Cinnamon 1 c Raisins or chopped dates
1/2 ts Allspice 1 c Chopped pecans/walnuts
1/2 ts Cloves 2 c Beer

Sift together dry ingredients. Cream together shortening and sugar;add
eggs. Mix fruit and nuts with 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture. Add flour
mixture alternately with beer. Stir in fruit and nuts. Pour into a greased
and floured 10-in tube pan and bake at 350F for 1 hour, or until cake tests
done. Or pour into a greased and floured 9x13 in pan and bake at 350 for 45
minutes to 1 hour or until cake tests done.

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