Wacky Cake

Wow! It's been a really long time since we've put stuff up here; we are starting in on our last set of midterms this week and the last time we posted was finals of last quarter! None of us are very good at keeping up with this type of thing, so we've been thinking of different kinds of posts we could do in place of or in addition to long, narrative ones.

Since 2/3's of our household has allergies and we are constantly having to come up with ways to tweak recipes to fit our needs, and also since we enjoy cooking, we thought we could post recipes that we have enjoyed and that can be eaten by many people who have allergies. Tonight, for our Lord's Day dessert, I made Wacky Cake. Apparently, the story is that Wacky Cake was created during WWII when supplies were scarce and they used crazy things like vinegar in desserts. It requires neither dairy nor egg products, and can be mixed right in the cake pan!! This cake ends up being pretty cheap and easy to make. You can choose what type of frosting you want to make, but I made a chocolate-orange frosting.

Click here for the recipe for the cake.

Here is the recipe for the dairy free frosting I made:

Chocolate Orange Frosting

• 1 egg yolk
• 2 Tbs cocoa powder
  
• 2 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• grated rind of 1 orange
• pinch of salt
  

Add yolk to sugar, mix well; add the rest.