Get the latest Depression recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/depression 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. http://www.grouprecipes.com/63408/depression-cakes.html This is believed by my family to be a depression era creation. It is attributed to a Mrs. Nettie Danforth http://www.grouprecipes.com/29942/butterless-eggless-milkless-cake.html This dessert recipe was very popular in Quebec during the depression and remains a favorite in many French Canadian homes to this day http://www.grouprecipes.com/18684/pudding-chomeur.html