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election cake
noun
a spicy fruitcake baked in loaves: formerly served on town meeting days after the voting.
Word History and Origins
Origin of election cake1
Example Sentences
Election cake is fruity, spicy and was baked before the American Revolution.
Republican propagandists want to have their "rigged election" cake, but be able to pretend to be serious people in mainstream politics.
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.
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.
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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