Sift 1 1/2 pints of flour with 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Cut in bits a heaping tablespoonful of butter and mix it through the flour. Stir in a cupful of syrup, and mix it with cold coffee to the consistency of soft dough. Work into the dough a teaspoonful of ground cloves, one of cinnamon and one of allspice, also half a pound of seeded raisins, and half a pound of currants well floured. Bake in oblong pans in moderate oven for an hour. This cake should stand about two days before cutting.