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Cooking & Baking

Hotler

(12,538 posts) Fri Sep 15, 2023, 09:31 PM Sep 2023

I made the 4-ingredient Magic Cake and it sucked. Save the ingredients for a better

cake recipe or brownie. it was like bland vanilla pudding on white bread.

Milk
eggs
sugar
flour
I added some vanilla

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I made the 4-ingredient Magic Cake and it sucked. Save the ingredients for a better (Original Post) Hotler Sep 2023 OP

Mom's Depression & WWII era "Crazy Cake" deleted eggs & used oil. Also used cocoa powder... Hekate Sep 2023 #1

Hekate

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1. Mom's Depression & WWII era "Crazy Cake" deleted eggs & used oil. Also used cocoa powder...

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Fri Sep 15, 2023, 09:57 PM

Sep 2023

Baking soda and vinegar for leavening. No dairy.

I hit this on the first try, and despite the annoying clutter of ads it seems to be the real deal. The author claims it was developed in WWI. All the usual reasons: economizing and rationing.

https://barefeetinthekitchen.com/crazy-cake-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-23585

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