Election Cake

Ingredients

• half a pound of sifted flour
• five ounces of butter
• a saltspoonful of salt
• two cupfuls of milk
• one yeast cake
• two eggs
• the juice of three oranges
• a tablespoonful of cinnamon
• half a nutmeg grated

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour, mix with salt and sugar.

2. 2

   Scald milk, add yeast and eggs.

3. 3

   Combine with flour mixture, add orange juice and spices.

4. 4

   Let rise and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Election Cake. — Rub into half a pound of sifted flour five ounces of butter, add a saltspoonful of salt, one cupful of sugar; mix. Scald two cupfuls of milk, and when lukewarm add one yeast cake dissolved, and two eggs well beaten. Make a hole in the center of the flour, pour in the milk mixture, stir in a little of the flour; cover and stand aside for three hours. Then beat in all the flour, add the juice of three oranges, a tablespoonful of cinnamon and half a nutmeg grated

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