Our Depression-era wacky cake is moist, fluffy, and chocolately, with a tender crumb, it just happens to be vegan, and it comes together in the baking pan.

If you've never heard of wacky cake before, you're in for a treat. Not only is this chocolate cake rich, flavor-packed, and incredibly moist, it's also one of the easiest chocolate dessert recipes you ...

Wacky Cake, also known as Depression Cake, was popularized during World War II when rationing certain ingredients was essential to support the war effort. The groundbreaking recipe, which doesn’t call ...

Last week I was rearranging some things in my kitchen and I came across my great-grandmother Ruth’s recipe for chocolate cake, scribbled on a yellowing index card. My middle name is Ruth, in honor of ...