Depression Cakes
From theoldprof 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 20
These were common during the depression in North America. My mother used to make these little treats occassionally when I was a kid, and I still can remember seeing them on the wax paper sheets cooling on the kitchen table.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar shopping list
- 4 tbsp cocoa shopping list
- 8 tbsp water shopping list
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- 1 loaf unsliced stale bread (the staler, the better) shopping list
- shredded coconut shopping list
How to make it
- Boil and stir the first 3 ingredients for about 5 minutes.
- Thickly slice the bread (about 1 inch) and remove the crusts
- Cut each slice into 1 inch cubic fingers
- Use a fork to dip each bread finger into the chocolate mixture.
- Roll each finger in the coconut.
- Place on waxed paper to cool.
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- You will not be able to tell it's bread, if you didn't know already.
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Reviewed by 6 people-
wow great grecipe simple easy love it thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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Uh-huh -- the depression era...... It was truly amazing how people who were so LIMITED in what foodstuffs they were allowed to have how they made what was available taste great.
Thank you for a great recipe, Pro! FIVER :+D
chefelaine
in Muskoka loved it
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