*Wacky cake is a type of dessert that became popular during the Great Depression and World War II, when food shortages and rationing forced home bakers to find substitutes for ingredients like eggs, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. chocolate cake served on table - Michelle Bottalico/Tasting Table What is a wacky cake and why does it have such a, well, wacky ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As someone who loves to bake, I often find myself scrolling through social media to find new recipes to try. During one of my ...

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 ...

Doris Porter of Baltimore was looking for a recipe for "Wacky Cake." It was in a cookbook compiled in the 1950s by her daughter's fourth-grade class and, sadly, she has lost it. While she has come ...

People during the Depression called these chocolate cakes "Crazy Cakes" or "Wacky Cakes" because they used no eggs, butter, or milk. Instead of butter, oil was used, and instead of eggs, a combination ...

Having breakfast and read the paper. I do it every day. Thursday’s paper brought me a wonderful memory. On the front page of the Food section was a picture of the Depression cake. I was taken back ...

The number of emails I’ve gotten with the words “you’re invited” in the subject line has dropped drastically in the last month or so. But there it appeared in my inbox. The subject line read: “You’re ...