{"id":35201,"date":"2020-09-28T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T08:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=35201"},"modified":"2020-09-28T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T08:58:59","slug":"depression-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/09\/28\/depression-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/09\/28\/depression-cake\/depressioncake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DepressionCake-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DepressionCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DepressionCake-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DepressionCake-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DepressionCake-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DepressionCake-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recipe for this cake has been around since The Great Depression when ingredients were scarce, and made a comeback during World War II due to rationing. There are no eggs or dairy in this cake, yet it&#8217;s moist and tasty, and really easy to make! \u00a0Dusted with confectioners sugar, it&#8217;s a marvelous cake to make for a vegan friend&#8217;s birthday. If you wanted to get fancy, you could frost it, but I prefer to throw a handful of chocolate chips in the batter and call it a day. This is a great snack cake that will be on regular rotation here! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease and flour an 8&#8243;x 8&#8243; baking dish, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Add the vinegar, vanilla, oil, and water to the dry ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>Stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread to even out with a spatula.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Cool completely on a wire rack, then dust with confectioners sugar,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recipe for this cake has been around since The Great Depression when ingredients were scarce, and made a comeback during World War II due to rationing. There are no eggs or dairy in this cake, yet it&#8217;s moist and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/09\/28\/depression-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[4998,3738,4996,4997],"class_list":["post-35201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-no-dairy-cakes","tag-no-frosting-cakes","tag-one-pan-wonder-cake","tag-vegan-cakes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-99L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34967,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/08\/10\/raspberry-buttermilk-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":35201,"position":0},"title":"Raspberry Buttermilk Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been my experience that buttermilk makes everything taste better - pancakes, meat brines, ranch dressing, and this cake. 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