Depression Cake

Total Time: 48 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups flour
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups cold water

Recipe

• 1 using a manual egg beater, mix together the above ingredients until just blended. do not over mix.
• 2 grease and flour a 9 x 13" one layer cake pan.
• 3 pour the batter into the pan.
• 4 bake 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until it tests done.
• 5 the following cream cheese frosting is not "depression era" but is excellent with the cake:.
• 6 2 squares (4 oz. total) unsweetened baking chocolate; 8 oz. pkg cream cheese - softened; 4 table butter - softened; 4 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla; milk as needed - adding 1 table. at a time.
• 7 melt the chocolate and set aside. in a mixing bowl put the cream cheese and butter and beat with a mixer until smooth. add the powdered sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until all 4 cups are added. add vanilla and melted chocolate. mixture will be a little thick, so slowly add milk until the desired consistency is reached.