Wacky Cake, also known as Depression Cake, was popularized during World War II when rationing certain ingredients was ...

Our Depression-era wacky cake is moist, fluffy, and chocolately, with a tender crumb, it just happens to be vegan, and it ...

Picture this: you're rummaging through your pantry in 1933, desperate to bake something sweet for your family. You've got no ...

I shared a recipe for vanilla crazy cake last week and mentioned that I grew up making a chocolate wacky cake that was very similar. Readers asked me for the recipe ...

1 1/2 cups all-purpose or cake flour 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1. Preheat oven ...

Wacky Cake, also known as Depression Cake, was popularized during World War II when rationing certain ingredients was essential to support the war effort. The groundbreaking recipe, which doesn’t call ...

Some of the most delicious recipes were invented out of necessity. When faced with a lack of certain ingredients, creative bakers scraped together whatever was in their larder so they could still put ...

Many boomers will be able to relate to Joan Bentti’s childhood recollections. “My late mother, Marion Schwabe, was so good at cooking and baking,” wrote Bentti, who lives in Greenfield. “She came from ...

BARSTOW • Ask any graduate of Barstow Unified School District to describe a school lunch they had as a kid, and you may hear the following: Chili beans, cornbread, Wacky Cake. Chili beans and ...