Best 1940s White Cake Recipes

CLASSIC WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• The fine moist crumb of this cake complements any type of filling and frosting -- the perfect celebratory cake.
• Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar for about 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Combine egg whites, milk and vanilla extract. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to butter mixture then add half the milk mixture. Continue to alternate beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scrape bowl and beater often. Pour batter into prepared pan(s) and smooth top with a metal spatula. Bake cake(s) about 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean. Cool in pan on a rack for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack, remove paper and let cool completely.
• Variation:
• CLASSIC YELLOW CAKE Substitute 3 large eggs and 1 egg yolk for all of the egg whites above.
• 2 (9-inch) diameter by 1 1/2-inch deep layer pans or 1 (13 by 9 by 2-inch) pan, buttered and bottoms lined with parchment or waxed paper.

GRANDMA ADELINE'S 1940'S WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Boil raisins in water for 10 minutes. Add lard. Let melt. Sift dry ingredients together and add to raisins/lard in pan. Add egg. Pour into greased loaf pans. Bake for 45 min to 1 hour at 350 degrees.

WW2 WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Place the brown sugar, water, raisins.
• oil, cinnamon, and cloves in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Cook gently for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat and let cool until the mixture is comfortably warm to your finger.
• While the mixture is cooling, preheat t he oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour an 8x4-inch baking pan.
• Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Add them to the cooled sugar mixture, beating until no drifts of flour are visible and the batter is smooth.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Spread evenly in the baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a broomstraw inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely.
• Notes: For a good glaze, even if it is a 90's addition, save back a bit of the hot spiced water.
• Mix with confectioner's sugar, a drop of vanilla, and a pinch salt. Glaze the cake while hot.

1940S VINEGAR CAKE ( EGG FREE)

Steps:

• cream together sugar and margarine.
• add together in a bowl milk, vinegar and bicarbinate allow it to froth then add the liquid and flour mixing slow to the sugar and margarine add your chosen from list and bake in a greased 7 inch tin or place in muffin cases until mixture has gone.
• cook cake for 1 hour and muffins until golden brown and firm on top.

1940'S WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease well a bundt pan, or 9x13 pan. set aside. Cream the sugar, butter and eggs until light. add in the extracts, milk and mix well. I add the flour and baking powder lastly and mix very well with a mixer.
• 2. I bake this at 350 for about 45 min. check to see if done with a piece of spaghetti. I have never made this in a 9x13 pan, but I would decrease cooking time to around 30-35 min. Enjoy!!