Old-fashioned election cake is made of four pounds of flour; three
quarters of a pound of butter; four eggs; one pound of sugar; one
pound of currants, or raisins if you choose; half a pint of good
yeast; wet it with milk as soft as it can be and be moulded on a
board. Set to rise over night in winter; in warm weather, three hours
is usually enough for it to rise. A loaf, the size of common flour
bread, should bake three quarters of an hour.