"What Is Election Cake? | Colonial Recipe | 1796" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Jan 2021 10:23 p.m. PST |
"Many cookbooks include a recipe for Election Cake. What is it? The hallmark of an election cake recipe is the enormous batch size. Some of the finished cakes weighed over 10 pounds. In the 1700s, Election Cake was a yeast leavened cake with prunes or other dried fruits, intended to feed dozens of people. Sometimes they were made of soft gingerbread. Regardless of the ingredients, Election Cake was frequently served with cider. Election Cake seems to be derived from "Muster Cake." In the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, some men were expected to attend military musters for training and were supplied with cake and cider as a reward. In the late 1700s, Election Day was new and a day of celebration. Eligible men who made the trek out to vote were given cake, cider, and alcohol outside of the polls and at parties…"
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Jan 2021 4:28 a.m. PST |
From the World Turn'd Upside Down website |
stecal  | 13 Jan 2021 9:01 a.m. PST |
neat. I'll have to try baking this. Her recipe left out the allspice for some reason that was in the original Amelia Simmons 1796 recipe. |
| Tango01 | 13 Jan 2021 11:54 a.m. PST |
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| dantheman | 13 Jan 2021 2:32 p.m. PST |
Why is there no allspice? Couldn't see why the modern recipe excluded it. |
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