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Meet Wacky Cake: The Genius Depression-Era Recipe That Stands the Test of Time

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

Stephen Fries: Recipes for War Time Cakes — orange and honey apple sauce

FOUND: Pam Trepanier of North Haven wrote: “As an avid reader of your weekly column in the New Haven Register, I thought you might be able to help your readers and me with this recipe request. There ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Recipes: Make these dishes from Occupied France in World War II

Over the years, all 10 of Kitty Morse’s cookbooks have happily made a path to my kitchen. But her most recent book, “Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France,” made ...
Seattle Times

Holocaust survivors have adapted this recipe once lost in the war

This Hungarian honey cake is deeply flavored with ginger, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. The dough is more like a gingerbread biscuit than a tender sponge cake; it softens as it sits. It’s best made ...
The New York Times

Sheet Cakes Are the Best Cakes (and These 11 Recipes Prove It)

They’re low fuss, feed a crowd and travel well. By Margaux Laskey Margaux Laskey, a senior staff editor for New York Times Cooking, prefers sheet cakes for their frosting-to-cake ratio. Feb. 15, 2023 ...