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New England Election Cake

1 cup bread dough slightly rounded. 6 large figs chopped fine. 1½ cup Cottolene. 2 eggs. 1 cup soft brown sugar. 1/2 cup sour milk. 2/3 cup seeded and shredded raisins. 1 teaspoon salt. 1/4 cups flour. 1½ teaspoon soda. 1/4 teaspoon cloves. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg. 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

PROCESS: Cream Cottolene and work it in the dough with the hand. Add eggs well beaten, sugar, soda dissolved in milk, fruit dredged with one-fourth cup flour, remainder flour mixed and sifted with spices and salt. Beat thoroughly with the hand. Turn mixture into a well-buttered, brick-shaped bread pan, cover and let rise for one and a quarter hours in a warm place. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Spread with