Election Cake

A dish made with butter and bread dough.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 120 ml butter
  • 240 ml bread dough
  • 1 egg
  • 240 ml brown sugar
  • 120 ml sour milk
  • 160 ml raisins seeded (and cut in pieces)
  • 8 finely chopped figs
  • 300 ml flour
  • 2 ml soda
  • 5 ml cinnamon
  • 1 ml clove
  • 1 ml mace
  • 1 ml nutmeg
  • 5 ml 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

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. 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)
Calories436
Protein5.4 g
Fat8.8 g
Carbs91.7 g
Fiber10.0 g
Sodium257 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States