Poor man’s chocolate cake - Depression cake - vegan

Poorman's Chocolate Cake from Rosie
1.
3  cups flour
2  cups sugar
6  tablespoons  cocoa powder sifted
2  teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder

2.
3⁄4 cup  oil
2  teaspoons vanilla
2  tablespoons vinegar
2  cups cold water

Mix all #1 ingredients in bowl
Mix all #2 ingredients in another bowl, Then mix together
Pour into 9x13 pan greased
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

Icing
1 cup margarine
2 1/4 cups icing sugar
Vanilla, peppermint flavouring to taste
Whip icing together with water
Spread over cooled cake (I only use 1/2 icing)

For Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes
Cool and spread with icing


https://www.geniuskitchen.com/amp/recipe/poor-mans-chocolate-cake-486957
POOR MAN'S CHOCOLATE CAKE
3  cups flour
2  cups sugar
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon salt
2  tablespoons  cocoa
3⁄4 cup  oil
2  teaspoons vanilla
2  tablespoons vinegar
2  cups cold water

a depression era recipe for a moist, rich chocolate cake that uses no eggs
READY IN: 1 hr

SERVES: 12
YIELDS: 1 cake

INGREDIENTS
3  cups flour
2  cups sugar
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon salt
2  tablespoons  cocoa
3⁄4 cup  oil
2  teaspoons vanilla
2  tablespoons vinegar
2  cups cold water

DIRECTIONS
Mix all ingredients and pour in ungreased 9 X 13" pan. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees, until pick comes out clean. If desired, top with a swirl of whipped cream.

Garlic Mustard- If you can’t beat them, then eat them

Noticed that the garlic mustard along the edges of the lawn are looking tender. A good time to use them as greens.

Then I thought at Passover the Israelites were supposed to have bitter herbs as well as the Passover lamb

So I went out ant pulled about 20 or so plants out of the ground - lots of leaves and twigs and dried grass that needed to be picked out, skirted around etc but managed to get them out of the ground quite easily since we have had a lot of April showers 

Brought them inside trimmed off the roots and lowers stems
Ended up with a colander full- and garlic mustard leaves are quite flat- not like spinach leaves that have a lot of crinkles

Filled the sink and rinsed them
Drained them well

Sautéed  them with oil- added some seasoned salt

The colander full didn’t amount to much when cooked

Put the dish out at potluck and labeled it as “bitter greens”

It all went- a few people commented that yes they were quite bitter.

But bitter is supposed to be good for you

and there are a few less garlic mustards to spread!

Egg Replacers

Flax or Chia

To make a flax egg, mix one tablespoon ground flaxseed meal with three tablespoons of water. Mix together, and let sit in your fridge for 15 minutes to set up and thicken
https://jessicainthekitchen.com/how-to-make-a-flax-egg/

To replace an egg, I used 1 tablespoon of chia seeds mixed with 3 tablespoons of water and let the mixture sit for 15 to 20 minutes or you can prepare it the night before. Mix the chia seeds and water together in a small bowl and let it sit for 10 - 15 minutes until the mixture becomes gel.
http://www.fussfreecooking.com/recipe-categories/kitchen-tips/chia-seeds-gel-as-egg-substitute-in-baking/

Banana & Applesauce

Last but not least, are staples you probably already have in your kitchen to help with your egg-free baking.   1 ripe banana can be substituted for every egg needed in a chewy baked good (like brownies) and 1 tablespoon of applesauce also equals an egg in most recipes.  Sometimes I find it may take a few extra minutes in the oven when I go this route so just keep your eye on it.

https://allergylicious.com/egg-free-baking/

German red garlic February 23/2019

Were in shed and garage
Did they freeze or just dry out
Wrapping was dry and had come away from the clove
Very few had spoiled
Cloves were darker and had shrunk
Partially dried
Will reconstitute when cooked

Tortellini Soup recipe from Helene February 2019

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Guava Jelly

Guava Jelly
8 cups guava juice
Juice of 2 limes
4 cups sugar
2 pkgs. Sure Jell
1/2 teaspoon butter

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Amish Tomato pie recipe

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