Working in the crawl space today of an 1870 era house.

[creskol]

I found these 104 year old recipes, and a

cool little card.

 

[jewelerguy]

better whip up a batch

 

[creskol]

better whip up a batch

I would like to know the history of the "War Cake"

 

[fyrffytr1]

I would like to know the history of the "War Cake"

Eating History: Making "War Cake," a Remnant of WWII Rationing

When butter was rationed during the war, bakers had to get creative. Find out how their makeshift sweets hold up today.

firstwefeast.com

 

[CreakyDigger]

Old recipes are interesting - notice they just give ingredients and expect the women to know how to bake them.

 

[creskol]

Eating History: Making "War Cake," a Remnant of WWII Rationing

When butter was rationed during the war, bakers had to get creative. Find out how their makeshift sweets hold up today.

firstwefeast.com

Thanks for the info. As a follow up. I found this tidbit on Wikipedia:

History[edit]​

Depression cake has been referred to as "War Cake" by texts dating back to World War I. In a pamphlet distributed by the United States Food Administration in 1918 entitled "War Economy in Food", War Cake is listed under "Recipes for Conservation Sweets". The United States Food Administration stressed the importance of reducing sugar consumption during the war and offered molasses, corn syrup, and raisins in its place.[3]
When the Great Depression hit America following the Stock Market Crash of 1929, families were forced to stretch their budgets and "make do" with minimal and cheap ingredients when it came to cooking. Some women were able to feed their families on $5 per week.[4] Dessert became a luxury for most, and depression cake was a more affordable alternative to other cakes that used milk, eggs, and butter. Affordability was achieved through ingredient substitution. For example, shortening was substituted for butter, water was substituted for milk, and baking powder was substituted for eggs.[5] Depression cake is just one of many examples of ingredient substitution during the Great Depression, as some women took full advantage of the practice by making mock foods such as mock apple pie and mock fish.[6]

 

[pepperj]

Gee I've got a hankering to just try the first one. Very cool recovery.
Query: What is the last word in the war cake recipe?

 

[creskol]

Gee I've got a hankering to just try the first one. Very cool recovery.
Query: What is the last word in the war cake recipe?

... bake in two loaves 1 hour .. I think.

 

[Digger RJ]

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Cool!!! Congrats!!! They do sound good

 

[creskol]

Cool!!! Congrats!!! They do sound good

We are going to try making that War Cake this weekend.

 

[Truth]

I found these 104 year old recipes, and a View attachment 2003008 View attachment 2003009 View attachment 2003010 View attachment 2003012 View attachment 2003013 cool little card.

Those are awesome brother I’m gonna try to cook one of them :-)

 

[Lenrac2]

Mmm Cream cookies sound good! I love old recipes!!