“Depression” Chocolate Cake That Was Popular In The 1930s

How do you feel about making a cake without eggs and butter? What if there's no milk? It would seem that you can make a decent treat without these key ingredients! And during the Great Depression, American craftsmen did not invent this. Today's edition. "So Simple." I want to share with you an unusual recipe for homemade pastries that came to the rescue of Western housewives in those difficult years.

Cake without eggs and butter and the years have been really tough. Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, the economic crisis lasted for 10 years. The level of industrial production was set back many years, a large percentage of the population was unemployed, many - below the poverty line.



And while some still tried to save face and live as close to the old way of life as possible, most families moved to a whole new level of thrift in everyday life.



Of course, this also affected cooking, especially the issuance of many products was limited. Baking often used culinary fat, it is both vegetable and animal origin. In this recipe, it can be replaced with margarine or vegetable oil.

The ingredients

• 400g sugar
• 480 ml of strong coffee, water or apple juice
• 120ml culinary fat
• 290g dark raisins or finely sliced prunes
• 1 medium apple
• 250g flour
• 1 tsp soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp scented pepper
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 110 g crushed walnuts or almonds

Preparation

1. In a medium-sized soteinka brew coffee, sugar, margarine or vegetable oil, raisins, as well as peeled and sliced apple for 10 minutes. Stir from time to time. Then you need to cool the mixture for another 10 minutes.
   
   
   
   
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, soda, baking powder, all spices, as well as nuts of choice. Pour to the dry ingredients cooled sugar-raisin mixture. Stir it well.
   
   
   
   
3. Pour the dough into an oil-lubricated form measuring 33 by 23 by 5 cm. Bake in a preheated to 180 degrees oven for 25-30 minutes, until the center of the pie is elastic with a light finger press.
   
   
   
   
4. Ready and already cooled treat cut into small squares. This recipe will be very useful when there is a shortage of ingredients at home!
   
   
   
   

This is a simple cake without eggs and butter. It is well stored and can even be frozen. Did you like this recipe? We will wait for your opinion in the comments below!