Election Cake

What an opportune time to go back to the time of the very first settlers and revisit their Election Cake.  Here it is from the delightful Plimouth Colony Cookbook itself:

2 cups raised light dough
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon soda in
1 tablespoon warm water
1 cup raisins
1 cup whole nutmeg, grated

Knead dough slightly on floured board.  Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, beaten and beat again.  Work into the dough until soft.

Add soda, chopped and floured raisins, and grated nutmeg.  Shape into loaves, place in well-greased bread pans or 2 loaves in a large oblong pan; let rise until double in bulk; and bake in a moderate oven (350 F.) about 1 hour.

From the PLIMOUTH COLONY COOKBOOK
prepared under the auspices of the
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
First Edition: July, 1957
Ninth Edition: June, 2004

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