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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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