• Mise en Place
  

Fruit Mixture

• If the orange peel is not in small pieces, run it through the food processor first. The pieces should be no larger than one-half inch.
• 1/2 cup Orange peel, 1 tablespoon Currants, 1/4 cup Raisins, 1/4 cup Cherries, 1/4 cup Cinnamon Whiskey
  Put the orange peels, currants, raisins, and cherries in a bowl and add 1/.4 cup of cinnamon whiskey. Stir. Set the mixture aside for at least one hour to absorb the liquor.

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cocoa, 1 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 teaspoon mace, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt
  Put the dry ingredients in a sifter and sift them into a bowl. Set the bowl aside.
  

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 pound unsalted butter
  Put the butter into the mixer and cream it until it is light and fluffy.
  
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
  Add the brown sugar and beat it until it is incorporatated into the butter.
  
• 2 eggs
  Add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition.
  
• 1 cup starter
  `When the eggs are fully mixed in, add the starter and beat.
  
• 15 ounces pumpkin
  Add the pumpkin and beat.
  
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons molasses, 1/2 teaspoon Espresso
  Add the vanilla and Fiori di Sicilia, espresso and beat. Add the honey and molasses and beat.
  
• Reserve the liquid used for the fruit mixture and put the remaining fruit mixture in the batter. Stir thoroughly.
  
• Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl.
  
• Finally, add the dry ingredients and beat the batter for an additional two minutes.
  
• Line your springform pan with parchment paper. Heat the oven to 300.
  
• 8 Maraschino cherries, 2 slices Orange
  Pour the batter into the pan. Spread it out, and if desired, decorate it with fruit to spell out VOTE. Let the cake sit while the oven is heating up.
  
• Put the cake in the oven and bake for 1 hour. The cake is done when it reaches 190 on an instant-read thermometer or when a toothpick comes out clean,
  
• Cinnamon whiskey, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup espresso
  Mix leftover fruit mixture liquid with the sugar and espresso. Spoon that over the hot cake until it is all absorbed. Let the cake sit at least overnight before cutting into it. You can continue feeding it whiskey as desired.