After seeing all those weird meats, plum cake does not sound so bad
Plum cake or election cake is one of the recipes that we take for granted. Our controversial opinion is that it is as much of an American classic as apple pie. It is just underrated. And the story behind its name is all the evidence we need to convince you.
After the American Revolution, women would bake plum cakes to motivate the men to attend elections. That is how it became known as “election cake.” The first recipe for this dessert appeared in 1796 in American Cookery. Honestly, we are happy to see that colonialists also had some normal foods.