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- Feb 5, 2017
Election Day Cake has been served in New England since the early 1700s (because Puritans didn't do holidays, they had to do something) up through the late 1800s. Being a Supervisor of the Checklist, I just had to put this into the Food Forum today, since I won't be here tomorrow.
Cookbook author Fannie Farmer also published recipes for the cake in her cookbooks. Here's her Recipe for Election Cake, from the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, 1911, orig. 1896).
1/2 cup butter
1 cup bread dough
8 finely chopped figs
1 1/4 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sour milk
2/3 cup raisins seeded, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon each of clove, mace and nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
Work butter into dough, using the hand. Add egg well beaten, sugar, milk, fruit dredged with two tablespoons flour, and flour mixed and sifted with remaining ingredients. Put into a well-buttered bread pan, cover, and let rise one and one-fourth hours. Then bake one hour in a slow oven. Cover with Boiled Milk Frosting.
Cookbook author Fannie Farmer also published recipes for the cake in her cookbooks. Here's her Recipe for Election Cake, from the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, 1911, orig. 1896).
1/2 cup butter
1 cup bread dough
8 finely chopped figs
1 1/4 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sour milk
2/3 cup raisins seeded, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon each of clove, mace and nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
Work butter into dough, using the hand. Add egg well beaten, sugar, milk, fruit dredged with two tablespoons flour, and flour mixed and sifted with remaining ingredients. Put into a well-buttered bread pan, cover, and let rise one and one-fourth hours. Then bake one hour in a slow oven. Cover with Boiled Milk Frosting.
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