Mother's Election Cake

|The Woman Suffrage Cookbook is the oldest fundraising cookbook in support of womens suffrage. The cookbook begins: €œThis little volume is sent out with an important mission € which we can assume has scope beyond €œcookery housekeeping and the care of the sick€ given when and why it was published. Here is one of it's recipes.||5 lb flour6 eggs2 lb sugar1 pint of yeast¾ lb butter1 quart sweet milk¾ lb lard6 nutmegs|Take about 3 pounds of flour and 1/3 of sugar and stir up with yeast and 2/3 of the milk leave to rise overnight or until it begins to fall on the top; then add in the rest of the ingredients and bake in loaves as you would bread|60.00 minutes|8|https://d.lib.msu.edu/fa/74#page/106/mode/2up