Election Cake
A dish made with butter and bread dough.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs
Ingredients
US
Metric
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup bread dough
- 1 egg
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sour milk
- ⅔ cup raisins seeded, and cut in pieces
- 8 finely chopped figs
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon clove
- ¼ teaspoon mace
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
Make it lactose-friendly
- ½ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- ½ cup sour milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- 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. Bake one hour in a slow oven. Cover with Boiled Milk Frosting.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 436 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 5.4 g |
| Fat | 8.8 g |
| Carbs | 91.7 g |
| Fiber | 10.0 g |
| Sodium | 257 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States