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

If you've never heard of wacky cake before, you're in for a treat. Not only is this chocolate cake rich, flavor-packed, and incredibly moist, it's also one of the easiest chocolate dessert recipes you ...

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

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all salt, cocoa, sugar, flour and baking soda in mixing bowl. Add oil, water, vanilla and vinegar. Use ice cream scoop to fill 3/4 cupcake. Bake at 350 degree oven for ...

Dear Lisa: I had the recipe for Wacky Cake (The Eagle, Feb. 2) but there was also a recipe for hot chocolate icing that is poured over the cake.

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 ...

It’s a cake that goes by several names. You’ll hear it called “wacky cake,” “crazy cake” and “war cake,” but most people know it as “Depression cake,” named for its origins during the Great Depression ...

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 ...