Wacky Cake: An Easy Recipe

This chocolatey, moist recipe has been around since the 1930s and was still popular a decade later, when butter and dairy were rationed.

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This cake is also called Crazy Cake and Depression Cake.

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The recipe is also speedier than ordinary cakes.

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My grandmother made Wacky Cake for my grandfather practically every night since it's easy!

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Make one for a quick dessert or after-school snack.

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Your weird cake looks great with confectioners' sugar or homemade icing.

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Beulah Sak of Fairport, New York, submitted her favorite potluck dessert - this one.

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