Tante Lies's Spice Cake

This is a really easy Dutch recipe by my late aunt Lies Van Hasselt. A cake with no eggs and no butter (but plenty of other lovely ingredients), perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon and for a breakfast treat on the following day.

Ingredients

• 300 grams flour
• 300 grams brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• powdered cloves
• lots of nuts (whichever kind you have at home)
• lots of raisins
• strong coffee
• a bit of rum or port wine

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add the coffee and the liquor last, enough to turn the mixture into a thick paste.
3. Pour into deep a rectangular baking tin.
   
4. Bake in medium-low heat for around one hour.