Carrot cake closely followed as in almost a tie by Poor Man's Cake with icing.

I found the recipe for Poor Man's Cake a couple of years ago and am now a true fan.

According to the recipe "It’s a vintage cake recipe created during the Depression Era during the 1930s. The “poor man” refers to the ingredients; no butter, milk, nor eggs needed!

I prefer mine with icing but have had it without.



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Rhubarb #1
Carrot #

Pineapple upside down cake

Boston Creme Pie cake.

My 60th B-day is in a few weeks and I asked my wife for one.

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Originally posted by reluctantpaladin:

I found the recipe for Poor Man's Cake a couple of years ago and am now a true fan.

According to the recipe "It’s a vintage cake recipe created during the Depression Era during the 1930s. The “poor man” refers to the ingredients; no butter, milk, nor eggs needed!

I prefer mine with icing but have had it without.

Had to look that one up. Basically a "Raisin" cake?
...which got me thinking. No one has mentioned a rum cake.

Frankfurter Kranz followed closely by Bienenstich, hard to impossible to find in the states, so I OD on them whenever I get home.

Dang,, I forgot another fav I haven’t seen mentioned. A Cleveland version of a Cassata cake. A takeoff on a Sicilian Cassata cake.
It’s heavenly good.
Layers of white sponge cake, custard between layers, topped with whipped cream and lots of strawberries.

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A Cleveland version of a Cassata cake

Bingo! Absolute best.

Yellow, j/k.
Rhubarb.

Not a cake guy but give me a pie and I will be happy.