Election Cake Recipe

Ingredients for Election Cake

• 4 lbs. or 12 4/5 cups flour
• 3 lbs. or 6 cups sugar
• 2 lbs. or 4 cups butter
• Whites of 6 eggs
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 4 nutmegs
• 1 qt. sweet milk
• 1½ lbs. raisins
• ½ pint home-made yeast
• Juice and rind of 2 lemons

Instructions

1. Cream the butter and sugar, then divide; with one-half mix all the flour, milk and yeast; when light add the other half of butter and sugar, eggs, raisins and flavoring.
2. Beat thoroughly; put in pans and let rise till light and bake with great care.f