Tag: Depression

Chocolate Depression Cake – No Milk or Eggs! by Gordon Ramsay

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!


Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Friends, today I have something you need in your life.  Chocolate Depression cake is something that is ridiculously simple and decadently delicious .

Why Is It Called A Depression Cake?

Recipes like this grew in popularity during hard times in our history when ingredients for typical cakes grew scarce. This one doesn’t need any milk or even eggs! It is kind of the fluffy cake version of my Mama’s Chocolate Cobbler. 

Don’t let the simple ingredients fool ya into thinking this is a run of the mill cake, though! Deeply chocolate and fluffy yet fudgey, it is similar to a Devil’s Food cake. We like it without icing as a great snack cake but you can add in some simple frosting to make it a dessert worthy of any table. 

Ingredients for Chocolate Depression Cake

Ingredients For Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

You’ll need:

  • All purpose flour,
  • Cocoa powder,
  • Sugar,
  • Baking soda,
  • Salt,
  • Cinnamon,
  • Vanilla,
  • Vegetable oil,
  • Vinegar
  • Water

Stirring Dry Ingredients for Wacky Cake

  • Stir together all of your dry ingredients first. 

Adding Wet Ingredients To Dry

  • Once your dry ingredients are mixed together, add in all of your wet ingredients. 

Chocolate Cake Batter all stirred up

  • Give that a stir until well combined. 

Pouring chocolate batter into cake pan

  • Pour into a greased 8×8 baking dish. 

Wacky Cake ready for oven

  • This batter is heavenly! 

Baked Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake

  • Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Can you smell it?  I sure can.  Wish you were here!
Iced Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Look at that beauty!

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake- Cut View

 I just topped it with a can of frosting but you can whip up a homemade frosting, glaze, or sprinkle a little confectioner’s sugar over the top. 

Look at this pretty little slice. Just waiting for you to eat it! 

Fork Cutting Into Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake

There ya go! 

Bite of Wacky Cake on Fork

YUM!

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake

A dark chocolate Devil’s Food cake, make from scratch. No Milk or Eggs needed!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8 inch baking dish with a non stick spray. 
  • In medium sized mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. 

  • Add in the vinegar, vanilla, oil and water and stir until well combined. Pour the batter into the baking dish.

  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Eat warm or cool completely and frost, if desired.

Tips for this recipe:

Now y’all know I’m all about dumping it all in a bowl and going for it but in this recipe it make sure you pay attention.

If you stir all your dry ingredients together first your batter comes together smooth as can be in no time at all. 

your greatest message will be spoken by your life not your lips quote by steven furtick

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk Or Eggs!

This post featured on Meal Plan Monday.

You may also like these recipes:

Mama’s German Chocolate Pie

Chocolate Chip Cloud Cookies

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix – So good!

Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze

Yum

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake – No Milk or Eggs! by Gordon Ramsay

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!


Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Friends, today I have something you need in your life and that something is this ridiculously simple decadently delicious cake. Recipes like this grew in popularity during hard times in our history when ingredients for typical cakes grew scarce. This one doesn’t need any milk or even eggs! It is kind of the fluffy cake version of my Mama’s Chocolate Cobbler. 

Don’t let the simple ingredients fool ya into thinking this is a run of the mill cake, though! Deeply chocolate and fluffy yet fudgey, it is similar to a Devil’s Food cake. We like it without icing as a great snack cake but you can add in some simple frosting to make it a dessert worthy of any table. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

You’ll need: all purpose flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, vanilla, vegetable oil, and water. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Stir together all of your dry ingredients first. 

Now y’all know I’m all about dumping it all in a bowl and going for it but in this recipe it makes a difference. If you stir all your dry ingredients together first your batter comes together smooth as can be in no time at all. Once, I wasn’t paying attention and put it all in a bowl at once and I liked to never have gotten out all those lumps! 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Once your dry ingredients are mixed together, add in all of your wet ingredients. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Give that a stir until well combined. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Pour into a greased 8×8 baking dish. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

This batter is heavenly! 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. 

Now at this point your house smells like dark chocolate cake and this is where we cut into it and eat it warm! Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

But somedays we wanna take perfection up yet another notch. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Look how dark and fluffy this is! I just topped it with a can of frosting but you can whip up a homemade frosting, glaze, or sprinkle a little confectioner’s sugar over the top. 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Look at this pretty little slice. Just waiting for you to eat it! 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

There ya go! 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake - No Milk or Eggs!

Have a WONDERFUL afternoon, friends! 

Chocolate Depression Wacky Cake

A dark chocolate Devil’s Food cake, make from scratch. No Milk or Eggs needed!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spary an 8 inch baking dish with a non stick spray. 
  • In medium sized mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. 

  • Add in the vinegar, vanilla, oil and water and stir until well combined. Pour the batter into the baking dish.

  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Eat warm or cool completely and frost, if desired.


Yum

Water Pie – Recipe from the Great Depression by Gordon Ramsay

Water Pie - Recipe from the Great Depression


Water Pie - Recipe from the Great DepressionWater Pie is one of those magical recipes that came out of the depression era where cooks with little to nothing figured out how to make delicious dishes for those they love. This recipe was shared with me by Kay West and I published it in my third cookbook, Sweetness: Recipes to Celebrate the Warmth, Love, and Blessings of a Full Life. 

This recipe belonged to Kay’s grandmother, who had eight children and made her family of ten three meals from scratch every single day. During leaner times, she developed this recipe so that her family could still enjoy dessert from time to time, no matter how hard their days were. These recipes are such a special treasure to us and I think you’ll really enjoy the simplicity of this pie. It has a creamy buttery taste, similar to a warm vanilla cookie once it’s chilled and sliced. Half the thrill will be telling your family the name and that the main ingredient is water! 
Ingredients for Water Pie - Recipe from the Great DepressionYou know when a recipe was created to make something out of nothing, it’s going to be simple on the ingredients. You’ll need: A deep dish pie crust*, water, sugar, flour, butter, and some vanilla. 

I made this again this morning and just used a double recipe for my quick and easy mix in the pan pie crust recipe. It’s quick, easy, simple, and makes a delicious pie crust.

Pouring Water for Water Pie

Begin by pouring water into your deep dish crust. It doesn’t have to be hot or anything, just straight from the tap is fine. 

Sprinkling Mixture for Water Pie

Stir together flour and sugar. 

Sprinkling sugar over Water Pie

Sprinkle this over your water. The original recipe called for doing this with a spoon so I’m showing you that way but I usually just use my hand to sprinkle it because I feel like I can get it more even that way. 

Water Pie - Recipe from the Great Depression

This is our water with flour/sugar sprinkled over. Don’t stir. 

Vanilla poured into Water Pie

Drizzle vanilla over this. Don’t stir. 

Pats of Butter on Water Pie

Place pats of butter on top. 

Place this in the oven at 400 for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, reduce temp to 375 and cover the edges of the crust if need be to prevent burning. Cook for another 30 minutes once you have reduced the temp. 

Fresh Baked Water Pie - Recipe from the Great Depression

Pie will be very watery in the center when you remove from the oven. Allow to cool completely and then refrigerate several hours before cutting. 

Sliced Water Pie

Enjoy this creamy buttery pie recipe that came about from good hearted cooks wanting to bake up something sweet for their loved ones during hard times! 

Pretty Slice of Water Pie

Tips for success: 

  • I use a Pillsbury all vegetable frozen deep dish pie crust, unbaked, for this recipe. I suggest a store bought deep dish pie crust because homemade pie crusts in your own dish are going to vary in terms of depth and may result in the filling not getting fully done in the prescribed amount of time. 
  • Before you begin making this pie, tear off a piece of foil large enough to cover your pie dish. Cut an X in the center and peel back the X. This will make it quick and easy to cover your pie should the edges begin getting too dark and will keep you from losing valuable heat during the baking process. 
  • Pie will be bubbly and could be watery in some spots when you pull it out of the oven. It will gel fully as it cools. It is best if you allow this pie to cool completely and then cover and refrigerate until chilled before cutting. 

 

Try Some Water Pie - Recipe from the Great Depression

YUM! 

If you enjoyed this recipe, please share this post with friends! 

Water Pie

Water Pie is a depression era recipe that turns bare bones ingredients into a delicious buttery pie!

Author: Christy Jordan

Ingredients

  • 1 9 inch deep dish pie crust, unbaked
  • 4 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 5 tablespoons butter, cut into 5 pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 and set empty pie crust on a baking sheet.

  • Pour 1 + 1/2 cups water into the pie crust.

  • In a small bowl, stir together flour and sugar. Sprinkle evenly over water in crust. Don’t stir.

  • Drizzle vanilla over water in pie crust. Place pats of butter on top of this.

  • Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 and cover sides of crust if needed to prevent burning. Continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes.

  • Pie will be watery when you pull it out of the oven but will gel as it cools. Allow to cool completely and then cover and place in the fridge until chilled before cutting.

Some other recipes you might enjoy: 


Yum

Incoming search terms:

Proudly powered by WordPress

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Click here to read more information about data collection for ads personalisation

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Read more about data collection for ads personalisation our in our Cookies Policy page

Close