Inside The Overlooked History Of Election Cakes And The Women Who Made Them

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2024/11/05/inside-the-overlooked-history-of-election-cakes-and-the-women-who-made-them
Election Day in the U.S. can mean bake sales at polling sites, Election Night watch parties with celebratory cakes and cookies, and for some, stress baking while waiting for results. It can feel like a very modern phenomenon, but according to historians, the baking of “Election Cakes” is a tradition that has roots in the