Election Cake
From The Pocumtuc housewife, 1897
Presented as published in 1897. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The Pocumtuc housewife (1897), page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Election Cake. Four pounds flour, two and a half pounds sugar, two pounds butter, one scant quart of milk, eight eggs, one half pint wine two nutmegs, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, two gills yeast
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