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Hartford Election Cake

The old Connecticut rule for Hartford election cake which is one of the best of the loaf cakes, was two pounds of sugar, two pounds of butter, four eggs, a quart of milk, two cups of yeast, two pounds of raisins, half a pound of citron, half an ounce of nutmeg and five pounds of flour dried and sifted. Beat the butter and half the sugar to a cream and mix very fine in the flour, then add half the milk, blood warm in summer and hot in winter, but not hot enough to scald the yeast. Add the yeast and beat thoroughly. Add also the eggs, and finally the remainder of the milk. Beat the batter thoroughly. Let the cake rise over night, and in the morning beat it again and add the remainder of the sugar. Let the cake rise five or six hours longer, or until it is very light. Then add the fruit, pour it into pans and let it rise three-quarters of an hour in the pans, then put it in the oven and bake one hour.