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election cake

noun

New England Cooking.
  1. a spicy fruitcake baked in loaves: formerly served on town meeting days after the voting.


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Origin of election cake1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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Election cake is fruity, spicy and was baked before the American Revolution.

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Republican propagandists want to have their "rigged election" cake, but be able to pretend to be serious people in mainstream politics.

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Susannah Gebhart, baker and owner of Ashville, N.C., outpost Old World Levain Bakery, is credited with coining the phrase, and was joined in 2016 by San Francisco café Craftsman + Wolves’ owner William Werner, as well as other bakers, in a push to bring Election Cake back.

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If you’re having a hard time deciding how to treat yourself after waiting in long lines at the voting polls, perhaps Election Cake should be in your future.

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Several different recipes for Election Cake have since been logged, calling for different ingredients, though all seemingly have the same yeast base.

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