This recipe doubles well for a 9 x 13 cake pan, sheet cake or can a bundt pan. Pair cake slices with ice cream, fresh fruit, ...

The ingredients for Depression cake are as follows: 1/4 cup cocoa powder. 1 cup hot coffee or boiling water, or a mix of the two. 2/3 cup granulated sugar ...

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 ...

The recipe dates all the way back to the Great Depression — and it's probably the easiest, fastest, and most inexpensive cake I've ever made.

Recipe books from the World War II era are filled with cheap substitutes for rationed staples, meats most wouldn't even consider using in the U.S. today ... Wacky Cake. No butter?