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Coffee Fruit Cake

1/2 cup shortening 1 cup light brown sugar 2 eggs 1/4 cup strong coffee 1/3 cup rich milk or cream 1 3/4 cups flour 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder 1/2 lb. raisins 1/8 lb. sliced citron 1/4 lb. figs, cut in strips Cream shortening; add sugar; add yolks of eggs, coffee and milk; sift together flour and baking powder and add slowly; add fruit, which has been slightly floured, and fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan from one to one and one-half hours.