Wacky cake

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

The post about memories got me thinking about things my grandma made besides pie. I was in the mood to bake, so I googled wacky cake, one of my chlldhood memories, and sure enough, you mix it in the pan, make wells in the dry ingredients and add vinegar, vanilla, oil and water, no eggs. It's in the oven, and it's smelling good. Anyone else remember wacky cake.

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Toppers3 · ‎10-25-2016

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
The post about memories got me thinking about things my grandma made besides pie. I was in the mood to bake, so I googled wacky cake, one of my chlldhood memories, and sure enough, you mix it in the pan, make wells in the dry ingredients and add vinegar, vanilla, oil and water, no eggs. It's in the oven, and it's smelling good. Anyone else remember wacky cake.

Hi @QVCkitty1,

Thanks for telling us about this cake.

I don't know that I've heard of it, but it sounds really interesting.

It sounds like something that you could easily make, due to having most of the ingredients on hand at home, as most of us already have the ingredients in our homes, anyway.

It's nice that you don't need eggs for the recipe, too, for those who don't use them/don't have them on hand.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@Toppers3 wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
The post about memories got me thinking about things my grandma made besides pie. I was in the mood to bake, so I googled wacky cake, one of my chlldhood memories, and sure enough, you mix it in the pan, make wells in the dry ingredients and add vinegar, vanilla, oil and water, no eggs. It's in the oven, and it's smelling good. Anyone else remember wacky cake.
Hi @QVCkitty1,

Thanks for telling us about this cake.

I don't know that I've heard of it, but it sounds really interesting.

It sounds like something that you could easily make, due to having most of the ingredients on hand at home, as most of us already have the ingredients in our homes, anyway.

It's nice that you don't need eggs for the recipe, too, for those who don't use them/don't have them on hand.

@Toppers3, I'm not sure about this, but I think the recipe came from the time of the Depression.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

indoor kitty----yes, yes, yes, I have wonderful memories of my Grams wacky cake and thats the choc cake I bake all the time. Has never let me down and so easy too. It is always moist and very chocolaty and raises so high. My aunt used to own a restaurant in PA and she sold huge pieces of this cake. You make it all in one pan. It doesn't stick to the pan. Simple and delicious. I have a recipe for a hot milk cake (white) that I use with the wacky cake to make a marble cake. It, too, is a really good recipe.

samdog · ‎08-20-2010

would you please share the receipe, haven't made that cake in years...

kitty4me · ‎03-21-2010

Please share recipes for the wacky cake and the hot milk cake please.

kitty4me · ‎03-21-2010

What frosting would have been used?

PamelaSue72 · ‎09-22-2011

@wagirl wrote:
indoor kitty----yes, yes, yes, I have wonderful memories of my Grams wacky cake and thats the choc cake I bake all the time. Has never let me down and so easy too. It is always moist and very chocolaty and raises so high. My aunt used to own a restaurant in PA and she sold huge pieces of this cake. You make it all in one pan. It doesn't stick to the pan. Simple and delicious. I have a recipe for a hot milk cake (white) that I use with the wacky cake to make a marble cake. It, too, is a really good recipe.

My mother and grandmother called hot milk cake Hot Milk Sponge Cake. It is a white cake, usually baked in an oblong pan. A bit heavier cake than what we're used to, but boy, is it ever good. It's my BIL's absolute favorite cake and he always requests it for his birthday. We always make it with a chocolate frosting.

My cousin has a recipe for a wacky cake. She gave it to me to include in our family cookbook, but I've never made it. She says it's really good, too.

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

Kitty--I use any type of frosting I want on both cakes. And here are the recipes too! Enjoy!!

Chocolate Wacky Cake

sift together: 1 1/2 cups white flour

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

add: 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon white vinegar

1 cup cold water

You can put the dry ingredients in your 8 x 8 square cake pan and add the wet ingrients and mix it together in that or put in into a separate bowl and then pour it into your baking pan. No need to grease the pan. Bake in a 350* oven for 25-30 minutes.

Hot Milk Cake

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk, any kind

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1--Cream eggs and sugar together until light in color.

2--Sift together dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture.

3--Heat milk and butter until boiling; remove from heat and pour into above ingredients and mix quickly until smooth.

4--add vanilla and stir

5--Pour into prepared 8 or 9 inch square cake pan.

6--bake at 350* for 25-20 minutes.

Note--I start checking for doneness 5 minutes before the least amount of time stated-- I've always done that; just me. Also have used a round cake pan too.