When you’re low on eggs or butter, this clever Vanilla Wacky Cake recipe turns everyday staples into a sweet, dependable dessert.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. chocolate cake served on table - Michelle Bottalico/Tasting Table What is a wacky cake and why does it have such a, well, wacky ...

Doris Porter of Baltimore was looking for a recipe for "Wacky Cake." It was in a cookbook compiled in the 1950s by her daughter's fourth-grade class and, sadly, she has lost it. While she has come ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. So maybe they are called ‘crazy,’ but when it comes to the recipes for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- My wife and I were talking recently about cake. When she was a kid her mom made something called Crazy Cake. It's crazy because the cake doesn't have milk, eggs, or butter. Her ...

*Wacky cake is a type of dessert that became popular during the Great Depression and World War II, when food shortages and rationing forced home bakers to find substitutes for ingredients like eggs, ...

What is a wacky cake and why does it have such a, well, wacky name? Before veganism was a thing, people made vegan cakes by necessity during the Great Depression in the U.S., when ingredients like ...