How to of the Day: How to Bake an Election Day Cake

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How to Bake an Election Day Cake Nov 6th 2012, 08:00 The Election Day cake has a long association with being baked and served on Election Day. This old-fashioned cake uses spices, fruits, and sometimes even yeast for leavening. The following traditional recipe is a modernized version adapted from the Boston Cooking-School Cookbook by Fannie M. Farmer, originally published in 1918. Edit Ingredients Cake 1/2 cup butter 1 cup bread dough (Use purchased or homemade bread dough) 1 egg, well beaten 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup sour milk 2/3 cup raisins seeded, and cut in pieces 8 figs, finely chopped 1 1/4 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon mace 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt Boiled Milk Frosting 1/2 teaspoon butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Edit Steps Cake Add butter to bread dough. Dredge fruit in 2 tablespoons flour. Add all the remaining ingredients to the bread dough. Mix well to combine. Butter a bread pan and add the dough. Let dough rise 1 1/4 hours. Preheat oven to 325ºF/170ºC. Bake cake 1 hour. Frosting Add the butter to a saucepan. Melt butter. Add the sugar and milk. Stir well. Bring the mixture to the boiling point and cook 13 minutes. Remove saucepan from the flame and then beat until the frosting is of spreading consistency. Beat in the vanilla. Pour frosting over the Election Cake. Use the back of a spoon or knife to make decorative swirls once the frosting has firmed up. Finished. Edit Video EditThings You'll Need Measuring cups and spoons Bread pan Saucepan Cooking spoon Cooling rack Edit Related wikiHows How to Make a Quick and Easy Cake How to Make Hardtack How to Make Berry Poutine EditSources and Citations Recipe rewritten from Hartford Courant, Nov. 1, 2007, Election Cake at http://articles.courant.com/2007-11-01/features/0710290436_1_st-election-cake-recipes-election-cake/2 Article Tools Read on wikiHow Email this Article Edit Discuss Media files: 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-1.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-2.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-3.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-4.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-5.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-7.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-8.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-9.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-10.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-11.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-12.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-13.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Step-14.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Bake-an-Election-Day-Cake-Intro.jpg (image/jpeg)

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