1940's Desserts

1940’s Desserts

                                          by Collette

 These desserts are still delicious today.

Banana Cake

1 ½ cups sugar                                           1 teaspoon salt
½ cup butter or margarine                          2 eggs
½ cup sour milk*                                        1 cup mashed bananas
1 teaspoon soda                                         (3 very ripe)
2 cups flour

Cream sugar, butter, and eggs. Add ½ cup sour milk to which 1 teaspoon soda has been dissolved. Add flour, salt, and bananas. Mix well. Pour into greased 8x12 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Serves: 16
*Sour milk substitute-1/2 milk with 1 ½ teaspoon vinegar.

Wonder Brownies

1 cup flour                                                  2 eggs (well-beaten)
½ teaspoon baking powder                        2/3 cup Wesson oil
¾ teaspoon salt                                           2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sugar                                                 ½ cup nuts, chopped finely
1/3 cup cocoa powder

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat sugar into eggs; mix in oil, cocoa, and vanilla. Add flour mixture all at once. Mix well; add nuts and stir. Turn into well-oiled pan (7x11). Bake at 350degrees for 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes; turn out of pan. Cut into 16 squares.

Raw Apple Cake

1 ½ cups flour                                            1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda                                         ½ cup shortening
½ teaspoon cinnamon                                2 eggs
¼ teaspoon cloves                                      3 cups chopped apple with skins on
½ teaspoon salt                                             nuts (optional & to taste)

Sift together all dry ingredients. Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs; add to flour mixture. Add chopped apples and nuts. Bake in a 9 inch square pan at 325 degrees for 10 minutes and then 45 minutes at 300 degrees or until done. Can be doubled and baked in a 9x13 pan. If doubled, increase the baking time.