What is a wacky cake and why does it have such a, well, wacky name? Before veganism was a thing, people made vegan cakes by necessity during the Great Depression in the U.S., when ingredients like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I tried a chocolate-cake recipe with no eggs or dairy that dates back to the Great Depression. Known as "Depression cake," the ...

Picture this: you're rummaging through your pantry in 1933, desperate to bake something sweet for your family. You've got no eggs. No milk. No butter. Yet somehow, you create a cake that's moist, rich ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. chocolate cake sliced - Olga Mazyarkina/Getty Images During a time when basic ingredients were rationed, people got creative and ...

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 ...

It may sound inauspicious — rude, even — to give a person you love something called a Depression cake. It may sound less than festive to throw together a birthday gift made of pantry odds and ends. I ...

During the Great Depression, ingredients like eggs and butter were expensive and scarce. Amid the shortages and economic turmoil, bakers got creative with a recipe known as "Depression cake" or "wacky ...

I tried a chocolate-cake recipe with no eggs or dairy that dates back to the Great Depression. Known as "Depression cake," the penny-pinching recipe is useful now due to the high price of eggs. I didn ...