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Election cake is a small, boozy fruit and spice cake women used to make to encourage men to go vote back when they couldn't vote themselves. Election day in the USA used to be a big party and people would get together and get hammered and eat. Now we just watch Wolf Blitzer and say "fuck I should have voted"

>>7762401
I saw one in Chelsea for 6 dollars I was disgusted ate it anyways tho

Election cake is a northwest thing, particularly in new hampshire and connecticut. It's like a spiced cake you find in real england. They eat it in november and whenever the NH primaries are

>>7722395
Election cake is popular in the north east, especially NH and CT. It's basically an english fruit cake. Heavily spiced sponge cake with raisins and nuts, with a glaze of some sort, often lemon. It's eaten on election day obv