Poor Man's Cake - No Eggs, No Butter, No Milk - The Hillbilly Kitchen
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2021
- Poor Man's Cake - Hard Times Recipe Poor Man's Cake - No Eggs, No Butter, No Milk. This recipe was born in terribly hard times. It is a struggle food masterpiece. It has its own unique taste and texture. The closest thing I can compare it to is raisin bread, but not really. This is a recipe that you really must try.
I love the basic recipe with nothing added. The cream cheese frosting makes it much richer and sweeter. The chopped nuts really add a nice flavor, and the cranberries change both the flavor and texture. The muffins have a slightly different texture and make an excellent breakfast muffin. This would be the perfect end to a Sunday dinner. If you are looking for something different to take to your next church dinner or potluck you have found it.
Remember to put God first!
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups (7 or 8 ounces) Raisins
1cup + 1 tablespoon Water, divided.
1 tablespoon Shortening
1 cup Sugar Brown
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Cloves
½ teaspoon Salt
1 ½ cups Flour
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
Options:
½ cup Chopped Nuts
½ teaspoon Ginger
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
Cranberries to replace Raisins
Bake in an 8 x 8 pan or 12 muffins
Double for a 9 x 13 pan
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We were extremely poor, when I was a child. For years, most months the most food we had was enough for 2-1/2 weeks out of the month. And that was not because we ate 'normally'. We stretched what other people ate in 4 days, out to that 2 to 2-1/2 weeks average that it lasted. We got government surplus. My mom was able to make this same cake from that government surplus. So it was a favorite of us kids every month. Thank you for reminding me of that recipe.
Thanks for sharing with us, God bless you!
Thank you for sharing ♥️
Truly you were so blessed, and your mother was so good. And The Lord provided ✝️
I wish we'd known about this cake when I was a kid.......we did get a lot of government raisins, too.
Also in our family. People today just have no clue. Powdered eggs if you could find them.
When I was a poor single mom with three kids, my daughter needed to bring cookies to school. I was devastated because I couldn’t afford a lot of staples to bake. So, I dreamed up mayonnaise cookies. I used everything I had left in the pantry to make the cookies. My daughter came home from school the next day smiling. She said all the girls at school wanted the recipe so their moms could make the cookies.
What is the recipe?
Please post the recipe! It sounds delicious 😋!
Isn't it always the way? You throw stuff in a pan, bake it up and everybody wants the recipe! ❤👍
I'm
@@kathleenjanuszewski2499May be don't tell us about your creation if you're not going to share the recipe,
That's teasing and that could be seen as acting mean
My Nana was born in 1905 and she passed this recipe down to me - I LOVE THIS CAKE! We called it “YUM YUM CAKE”!!’
My daughter always called food yum yum cake or yum yum whatever to her eldest daughter
My mother was born in 1903. My brother and two sisters were born between 1928 and 1938. I was the surprise package born in 1943. My mother made this cake and her name for it was "Depression Cake". It was so delicious!
Thank you. I had a friend who was around during the Depression she gave me a lot of her recipes I love them. But she since passed away. I also entered her recipe for zucchini bread and it took a first place in the county fairgrounds, and I gave it to her when she was alive. That made me so happy. She was a sweet woman, her name was Georgia. I love her so much. Bless her. And bless everybody who's watching.
Tammy I believe your Angel friend Georgia was watching from Heaven smiling and telling the other Angels " that's my friend Tammy- I taught Her THAT!" A lot of those " make do " recipes. My great-grandfather ( daddy Charlie") raised sorghum cane- made wonderful albeit strong molasses- so I remember Grandma Ada making this- my tastebuds are twitching with the memories. Still make it at Christmas- time, remind my offspring there was this good stuff even in poor-times!
@@hairballjones8451 that was soooo sweet. I bet you as kids love to eat all that sweet stuff. And you are so nice for being there. For the kid though. God bless you.
Lovely memory, bless all, including you Miss Tammy, and your precious friend! ❤️🙏💞
@@lulumoon6942 thank you. God bless and may the Holy Spirit be with you.
@@hairballjones8451 Lord you gave me sweet tears 💙
This woman speaks just plain common sense, she is a pleasure to listen to.
Thank you and God bless you Jim!
I agree.
I agree. My boyfriend turned me on to this channel and now we both watch and we both love it.
Yes, I think she is true to herself. But I can't watch her because being a professional food supervisor I just want to say to her to put her hair up!
The accent was not pleasant to listen to for me. There are many kinds of Southern accents. Some more pleasant to listen to than others.
**I could have done without her religious commentary.
**I do appreciate her efforts sharing an old recipe. I plan to try it.
**Oh by the way I lived in Alabama for ten years.
They kept saying when they heard my voice I was a Yankee. I said no I am not ! I am a Westerner and that is the correct truth.
**They also kept telling me it was NOT the Civil War. They claim it was the War of Northern Aggression .... they were still fighting it after all these years.
I found alot of racist attitudes permeated the state of Alabama.
**However, I would say I really liked southern cooking....almost everything except grits.
** I enjoyed living in Alabama because I got to learn about another part of the USA. I went to some civil war re enactments which were amazing and scary complete with horses and booming cannons. I also enjoyed learning about Alabama history.
** I must add I hated the heat (sometimes took two showers a day). And all those dang FLEAS!! In my state there are no fleas.
oh you made my heart cry. my dad always talked about the “poor man’s fruitcake’ that his mama used to make him when he was a child. i have searched high and low for this recipe. this has to be his cake. he used to say it was a cake not a fruitcake because it only had raisins in it. he said grandma would put a caramel icing on it. while he was alive i searched and searched for, but never found it. my father is passed and i will make this for him still. i know he is probably very happy that i finally will have his favorite cake. thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Hope you made that cake and enjoyed it with your father's memory! ❤️
@@lulumoon6942 I hope so too!
I am 85 years old and went to grade school in the 40's and my mother used to send this in my lunch box. I thought it was delicious. She called it depression cake. I am going to make this cake and taste a bit of my childhood.
@@maryeckerberg8041 oh, Depression Cake, I have an old recipe for that, thanks!
What a beautiful story, I’m sorry your father passed away. I hope you made the cake and enjoyed every bit in honor of your dad.
My mom used to make this at least several times a month when I was little. (1958-77) She always topped it with a thin sugar glaze. It was always so amazing and we were so poor. Don’t regret the life we lived. It made us stronger for having lived it. We were blessed with parents who loved us and taught us everyday values. God bless you and your message.
simpler, healthier and spiritually richer
Precious memories. I was raised by my grandmother. She passed away a couple of weeks ago at the age of 97. I will always remember her making this cake at all holidays and family events. She told me as a child the reason for this recipe when times were very hard in the depression. I thought it was delicious ! Thank you for posting this! ❤ It was a family tradition .
My grandma made this cake. She called it Depression Cake. She didn't have a recipe. My aunts watched her make it one day and measured everything before she added it and that is how the family has a recipe today. It has become a family tradition to make this cake for any gathering. Thanks for the reminder!
This recipe is just like my grandma’s raisin cake from Russia. She was the daughter of the village baker and they were considered wealthy by their village’s standards back in the day. The village no longer exists. Btw my grandma was born in 1886.
Lisa *my Grandma Ada was born in 1878*we grandbabies asked for this to be made- we only found out later in life this was " poverty food" we just loved it, sonetimes with ice cream, whipped cream, I was lucky I didn't come along until after World War 2, sometimes even a hot buttery sauce like " hard sauce" but I just liked plain too. I hope Grandma s legacy lives on in Me- being descended from the Village Baker- that's something to to be proud of also!
Thank you for sharing this Lisa!
My grandfather was born in 1886, too! He married a young woman, born in 1907... My mom was the youngest girl, born in 1930... they were amazing cooks, but mom passed her "knack" along to my sister. I just dabble. Lol
We do have some great recipes from that era. We make an applesauce cake that reminds me of this... lots of raisins!
I'll make this for my mom. She'll be 100 in March and now has dairy issues.
I learned from her to boil my raisins when I make oatmeal cookies. I add soda to some hot juice and then add to dry ingredients. Makes chewy cookie. Same ingredients.
Amen! I am a child of parents who lived through the Great Depression. I am so thankful for the lessons that they taught me as a result of their experience. We were "Frugal when Frugal wasn't Cool!" I am definitely making this. You are a blessing.
Thanks for sharing that with us, God bless you!
Use it up, Make it do, don't buy what you don't need, shoot we were recycling before it was 100% 😎 cool! Well I still follow most of the edicts I learned.
I'm blessed with a sweet flowing spring so no chlorine there. Wonderful in my coffee! And we had it tested and it's pretty good in purity.
Both of my parents were born in 1927. My mother could pinch a penny until it cried for its mama. To her, cleanliness was next to godliness, but wastefulness was just sinful. I loved being in the kitchen with Mom and my relatives. Those recipes are part of my family history. I might have reworked a lot of them to be more healthy, but some are just the same as ever. Nothing like a family of Christian women throwin' down in the kitchen.♥️🥓🍳🥘🍲🥣🍨🍪🎂🥧☕🍽
Yes same here! All my parents depression habits rubbed off on us children! Great to hear others have those habits.😊👍
@@TheHillbillyKitchen ❤
You had me at the sign above you- "Jesus is Lord"- God bless you sister and greetings from NYC!! 😄🤗💚🌷💜
My momma called this depression cake. So excited to see you doing it. And I'm in my 40s and this pandemic is no where near as scary as that area. I'm blessed with food and shelter and my family. I'm blessed and pray for all that are struggling 🙏
That cake looks so good
My mom also called it depression cake and I make it all the time.
yes, I get quit upset when I hear people talk about '' not being able to get their hair colored'' or some trifle like 'play dates' when we have over 1/2 million deaths.
And still we are so much better off than the thirtys with food shortages, drought, unemployment, stock market crashes and war. And I dont believe there was safety nets like unemployment , food stamps, affordable health care...
AMAZING!
@@eveny119 yes we are truly blessed👆😇😁❤
What a great easy recipe ..there was a UA-camr on here used to cook depression food she passed away but, her grandson is still putting on the videos and she went through it cuz she lived through it and, it's nice to see that you are showing some of the hard times from the past because she surely shows a lot it's called depression cooking and she was a marvelous lady and she left us with wonderful recipes just like you are doing and, God bless you and your family ,you truly are a child of God
I'm a 63 yr old man who just started baking. I follow you and use your recipes because they're simple and you make it easy for us newbies to understand.. Btw your cream biscuits..🔥🔥
I don't know what I love more -- your accent, your recipes or your stories❤ Definitely your love of the Lord! 💞🙏 . Reminds me of the home cooking of my grandparents 😋❤. Loving you up here in Canada 🇨🇦
Please do more great depression recipes with few ingredients
Love the way you honor the Lord
God bless
Although this was filmed a year ago,this video touched my heart. Your message of hope was exactly what I needed today. Thank you
It warms my heart to listen to you. My grandparents raised all their children through the Great Depression and WW11. So my parents passed on the frugal ways they lived to us. I'm sorry they had to go through all those hardships, but I'm so thankful I got to learn about down home, frugal cooking...that's delicious! 😋
Jonna, and they were so thankful for what they had. People especially younger are not taught or even entered their mind to be truly thankful
Same with my mom...funny thing about hard times/poverty is it REPEATS...I found these frugal ways quite useful during the stagflation era...and again now with the inflation & shortages!!
I have my grandmothers sifter, the first time my daughter washed it I cried. It still had flour on it from when my grandma had used it last. I still use it all the time and think of her every time. She lived through the dust bowl and depression era. I miss her everyday, she was an amazing cook.
Think how happy you'll be to see her in the kingdom. 😀
Think how happy she'll be if you start using it and not looking at it rotting in the cupboard 😃
Your comment made me cry. I miss all my family who were good cooks, especially my Mom.
Oh. That must have been wrenching for your heart. I have a blouse my Mum made and wore. For the longest time her perfume lingered. No longer but still have that turquoise blouse. Some things you hold on to. 💝💝
Your grandmother would've washed it,
I really like the way that you talk to people and try to reach their soul. It works. I think this is your calling.
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I enjoy watching you
I found your video.on.my cell phone I coudnt put my phone down
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Thank you for sharing. I appreciate your encouragement form the past, to be healing for today's uncertain times.
Thanks for spreading faith and for your positivity. Our spirits can overcome! Cake during hard times shows how the spirit can rise above the challenges!! Thank you for this recipe!!
This was my mom’s “fruit cake”she made at Christmas every year, baked it in small loaves, she doesn’t bake anymore, I tried to make it a couple of years ago, it just wasn’t the same. Have the recipe written in my grandmother’s handwriting, precious!
I love the way you talk about the way our parents and grandparents lived in the 30s and 40s. I am 63 years old and have always loved to hear those stories from my parents and grandparents. My brother and I were both born in August, and my niece just found out she is expecting a baby in August so she asked my mother, "Grandma, I need some advice on how to get through the summer when I'm that pregnant." My mother told her, "Well, when I was pregnant, we didn't have air conditioning, we didn't have a pool in the back yard, I had to go outside when I was really big and pregnant and hang clothes on the line to dry because we didn't have a clothes dryer, ......" It was really funny!
Have made this for 60 years as my Christmas fruit cake in a bunt cake with a lot of cherries. Came from my mother in law from Maryland.
Sounds good! Thanks for the idea💖
Do you use maraschino cherries or candied cherries? Thanks for a great idea!
@@lizmiller7681 marchino
Yes. We also serve this for Christmas. It’s the best cake. No candied fruit.
@Jean Combs That is Brilliant! My Mom was the only one in the family that would eat (her) Christmas fruitcake! I also tried it, but the candied fruit was so weird and off putting. I enjoyed the cake part but Mom's was always way more of that fruit than Cake. When Becky was making this for us, I thought how much it reminded me of like a spice cake - which was basically the cake part of fruitcake. I am so going to try it and then trick my Siblings into eating it!!! My Mom will be so happy, as she watches us all from above. Thanks for the idea Jean. Don't you just love Becky? So sweet, such a good heart.
I can't thank you enough for your time and recipes.
I was never taught to cook or bake until I was 30ish.
The lady even taught me how to sew and she is now in her mid 90's.
She grew up in the depression era and I have learned so much.
I'm a bit late to the party...the part of your sign on your fridge that says, "Thank you to our troops" made my lip quiver with emotion. Our youngest son completed basic training for the US Air Force in January (2022) and now he is in tech school. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and stories. We may have hard times coming again and will need to rely on such wisdom. We must express care and charity to our neighbors, and even people we don't know.
My grandmother made a version of this using golden raisins. She baked it in a small ring pan and made a vanilla hard sauce to drizzle over it. She was always thrifty but we never new it because she made things seem elegant. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for sharing with us, God bless you!
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This is my fourth bake in about six weeks. First time I ever ate a whole cake in a day and a half!!!
I love ginger, so I added ginger, muscat and cloves, added lemon rind and cranberries, as well as sprinkled sunflower and sesame seeds on top. Gives it a lovely nutty flavour... 😊
For shortening I used coconut oil. Just...
...DELICIOUS!!! 😄
Lol!!
Sounds delicious 😋
Muscat???
Thank you! Your recipes are like my Mama’s! My parents were children of the Depression. My mother was born when it hit in 1929. They were both also from large farm families in Tennessee. My mother and her sisters worked alongside my grandmother in the garden and did the household chores while my dad and his brothers plowed with my grandfather the fields they sharecropped. They were both from strong, proud and independent families but most importantly they were Christians and put their faith on the Lord. I am thankful and proud of my heritage. My parents passed down to me what they lived and learned and I am blessed. I love your channel. God bless you!
So glad I found you tonight! My mother didn’t make this cake, but she and daddy certainly went through the Great Depression! They got married during that time! They had a cow and a tiny house that my daddy and relatives built, and not much more! My mother didn’t bake very often even after sugar wasn’t rationed. She needed to save it for making jelly and jam, all kinds of berries, apples, and holiday baking. She told me how tired she got of using molasses and honey for sweeteners.
When she was elderly, she loved keeping a lot of sugar because it was available and she could afford it! Not too before she passed away, I took her to the grocery. One thing on her list was sugar. I asked how much, as I was filling her cart (she always liked to push it). She said, “Not much, uh, about six bags!” I didn’t say a word. I put six bags of sugar in the cart! There were apples that year and we’d be canning all kinds of things from apples! But we didn’t get to do a lot. Sadly, my dear mother passed away unexpectedly not too long after that. She’s now in Heaven with daddy. (After the Depression was over, she was very saving with most all things, but generous, though not wasteful, with her sugar)!
My mother in law made poor man’s cake for years. We always enjoyed it as a treat. We lost her 2 years ago at age 92. Thank you so much for this recipe as no one in the family remembered the recipe. I love your attitude toward God and life in general. It’s good to remember the past and the challenges our loved ones went through. ❤️
Our ancestors had No safety nets! No welfare, only their neighbors, so much worse, and The Great Depression lasted years! But they had something we don't see much anymore love and compassion and a BiG belief in God! Thanks for this recipe ☺️ can't wait to try! God bless America 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸.
That's what humanity needs to get back to the way things should be a slap of reality! Don't know how if it would change the ones with selfish hearts or not. But humanity needs peace, love and unity community and self reliance not govt reliance!
Think I've had depression cake. My mom and dad were depression and dust bowl kids. To this day I keep a big pantry of food etc. Don't keep the dishes upside down but that was how my grandparents kept them. Some unusual recipes came out ou that time. Depression cake made a comeback during WWII because of rationing. People used molasses instead of sugar. We kept a big tin of grease then. I use it up to fast to keep it. Lol. FYI Lard and grease are better for you than shortening.
@@delanos53 butter is real and organic and much better for a body and healthy too much more than any grease or shortening or oil! My parents raised 12 kids during the depression on what they raised on their farm in Georgia. I keep my pantry well stocked also, but l really like old recipes like this knowing how they got by with less than what we are used to nowadays! God bless us all! And God bless America!
Agree and it's so sad..
AMEN
There is also one from Australia (not sure if it exists elsewhere), with 1kg of mixed dried fruit (or other dried fruit that you like), 3 cups of cold black tea (or other liquid such as fruit juice), and 3 cups self raising flour. Soak fruit in chosen liquid overnight. The fruit will absorb most if not all of the liquid. Mix in flour and if too dry add some more of the liquid. Grease a large deep cake tin and line the bottom. Turn the mixture into the tin and bake in a 125 degree Celsius oven for 2.5 hours. Tastes great. Not too sweet and it's nice with butter on it. Literally a tea cake.
Thanks for sharing that with us, God bless you!
Sounds like my family’s fruitcake
I have a chocolate cake recipe from the depression era that uses Miracle Whip instead of eggs, butter, etc. I still make it. It's pretty good. I love things like this.
Thanks for sharing that with us, God bless you!
I was so surprised and delighted to see this video about my favorite cake recipe that came to me from my Grandma. She called it WWI Emergency Spice Cake, and she was making it a couple decades before your recipe's history. The ingredients are pretty much the same, but in different quantities. My recipe has much more lard in it, 2/3 cup, and one recipe fills a 13 x 9 pan. Mine is usually about 2.5 to 3 inches tall in the pan after baking. I rarely put an icing on it, but if I do, it's because I'm taking it somewhere and people seem to think cakes should have frosting. If doing that my frosting choice is cream cheese, too. I find it interesting the time travel for the recipe, you live on the eastern side of the country and my Grandma lived on the west coast in Washington state. She also said it was a ration cake for the same ingredients as you noted. It specifies white or brown sugar, which ever you have. Mine calls for cold coffee to mix with the baking soda, not heated. The spices in mine are nutmeg cinnamon, and cloves. I am 76 years old and my Grandma passed in 1978 at age 94, so you can get an idea when she was making it. This is the first time I've ever found anyone else who had this recipe. It is my favorite cake recipe, and also my husband's favorite. Mine also calls for chopped nuts and I always use walnuts, which she used and had growing on her property. Thanks so much for sharing your video and recipe.
That's so sweet!
Thank you for sharing your memories. I bet your Grandma had some stories to tell!
I enjoyed reading your message. Thank you for sharing.🙏 If you find the time, if you could share the measurements, I and many others would be grateful. Regardless I hope you are well and have a blessed day.
@@HoneyBunny. click on the see more and recipe is there☺
@@judithroberts6136 Yes!🤜🤛
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( In 1930's No HOA's where homes were,so people could have a chicken and garden and repair their own vehicle on their own property)
I came from Brazil to this country 30 years ago and we learned all of that. I don't want to sound rude to the people from a country that gave me everything but this new generation looks very spoiled, they are not the same people who went to wars and pass through great depression
@@fondcello1994 agreed 👍🙏🛐✝️
@@fondcello1994 ,You are just being honest. America has ruined itself by indulging our youth (I am guilty of this too).
Sadly,most folks would starve now days if they had to ration foods.
@@fondcello1994 you aren’t rude. You are absolutely right. There are still some young folks who have a strong work ethic, but they are few. I am proud of my son, because he has my Dad’s strong work ethic. My sister and I are honest. We don’t have our parents work ethic, but our kids do. We’re not lazy, but we’re not like them. I’m a boomer and she’s whatever the next generation is called.
@@flyfishing1776 I agree
Who else had a grandma who would claim " pray that's good, it's hot and filling" dinner and wip out a 7 course meal for an army of hungry kids? I'm the kind who did those are big shoes to fill. Pray watching you recipes will continue to inspire me cook like her!
The memories of my mom are alive in this. She was born in 1918 and cooked this way all her life. God Bless you.
Memories of my mom too. Born in. 1917. Died in 2012
Loved my moms. Chicken and dumplings. With. A. Hen. Not. A chicken. There's a. Difference. Using a hen. More. Rich. !! Homemade. Dumpling. Yummy.
Loved your encouragement to people to look back on hard times to take heart that God will provide today. Blessings to you Becky. You are such an encouragement to all of us.
Thank you and God bless you Scott!
I need you to pray for me I have money probable .
I'm new to your channel and I love what I see! People today think they have it so rough, always asking the government for more stimulus checks! They don't know what rough is. I was born in the Appalachian Mountains in 1960. My parents weren't educated and didn't have good jobs. My dad was a coal minor when I was born. We lived with my mother's people. Her daddy was a retired coal minor. We were poor. We got meat maybe once a month when grandpa would kill one of his chickens my mother would make us chicken and dumplings. We mostly ate "soup" beans and cornbread every day. Breakfast was biscuits and gravy (minus the sausage). If there wasn't no flour it was mush gravy made with cornmeal. But, you know what? We was happy. As long as we had food to eat we was happy. I fell asleep many a night sitting on the porch listening to my momma play the guitar and singing them old gospel songs and listening to my grandma preaching the gospel to us. Someone would carry me to the old feather bed we I slept on. Watching your videos reminds me so much of those happy days of my childhood. Bless your heart!
Joyce, you and I had similar childhoods. I also was born and raised in the Appalachian mountains. I'm from Gum Log, GA. It was just a wide spot in the road. We literally lived in a camper that was wired with 12 volts. Every so often my daddy would start the truck that the camper was hooked up to, and let it run long enough to charge the batteries so that we could have lights for a little while at night. He had had a bad car wreck and he was hurt bad and he couldn't work much at all. Momma couldn't get to work because she didn't drive and we lived out in the middle of nowhere. Looking back, we had it pretty rough, but we were happy too! Because of the hard times, I learned at a young age how to put together a meal out of nothing that would feed everyone. I was 3 years old when I started cooking by myself so that we could all eat. My granny was the Christian in our family. My dad was an atheist, so I learned about God from my granny. We lived next to my momma's family too. If it hadn't been for granny and paw, we would have starved to death. I wouldn't trade those memmories for all the gold in the world. God bless you sister, and welcome to The Hillbilly Kitchen! 💖
@@TheHillbillyKitchen I was born in Hazard, Kentucky. My mamaw and papaw lived in Canoe Fork, which is in Breathitt County. It no longer exists. I talked to someone up there that handles the historical records and she told me they have been trying to gather information about Canoe Fork, but, they have had a lot of difficulty even finding out where it was located. My parents took me from those mountains when I was 5 years old. We moved to Nashville, TN where me and my brothers was took away from our parents and raised in children's homes and eventually foster care till I was 18. But, my first 5 years was spent up on those mountains and those memories will stay with me all my life. Thank you so much for your videos. I now live in Kansas, but, my heart will always be back there in those mountains where I came from. God bless you. I hold to my faith that when I die my mamaw and papaw will be there waiting for me in our heavenly home. One of the greatest blessings of my life was calling my grandpa and telling him I missed him all those years and that I loved him. Years later I did my genealogy and learned he died within a month of me calling him. When I hear you talk it takes me back to Canoe Fork and hearing him preaching. He was known as the preacher and back in the day he married pretty much every couple that got married up them hollars.
Oh we are so blessed to know and feel in our heart full of joyful memories our grandparents. In North Carolina people worked in cotton mills back in days before had air condition for mighty little pay but you did not hear griping and grumbling but glad to have what they did. Children were all happy.
@Joyce Chapman @Hillbilly Kitchen
I just LOVE ❤️ this channel so much and I swear it blesses me every time I watch!
Ya’ll gals have some wonderful stories of your memories. I could sit and listen to peoples old memories like that for hours. Things are SO DIFFERENT today,🥴we have alot more these days, most we could do without, LOL but, the old days were simpler and so much BETTER in my opinion aside from medical advancements…I would go back to the 60’s in a heartbeat! Good Ol Days. Fresh air, slower pace and less craziness, people actually gathered around the table TOGETHER at mealtimes and shared their day. We are really, really missing much of the GOOD STUFF from back then that we could sure use these days! IMO.😁 Thank You all for SHARING!!!!! That made my day….❤️🙏😘
I was raised in Lexington KY, but I made my way to the Appalachian mountains later and that's where I live today. 💞😉
I'm 71, and all of my Okie relatives still made this cake. They used only powdered sugar. We called it 'Poor Man's Cake". Great with strong black coffee. Thanks for the memory. I really enjoy them.
This brought back so many memories. My grandmother made this cake and it was a favorite for most of my family. She always made it in a tube pan. We call it poor man's cake. She was my paternal grandmother but my mother made it too.
"We can find peace, and we can have a piece of cake" ❤
I would like to see that on a coffee mug. #merch
It's a cute play on words. Peace and piece.
I love this saying!
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I’m from Arkansas and was raised from depression grandparents. Learned to cook from my grandma. I make many of her depression foods. Now they call it prepper food. Thanks for taking the time. Your a great teacher and historian.
I found your channel not to long ago and I love it...Two reasons: the easy and simple recipes and your love for God. Like you said. He is always first and He always provides. Last month it was my grandson's birt and I decide to try one of your fruit cake recipes and everyone love it. I made the cream cheese topping and got lots of praises on it. God bless you my sister inThe Lord Jesus Christ.
I love watching and listening to this lady she reminds me of a Time when I was in the hills of Kentucky my Grandmama made Poor Man's cake grew up on a farm may God bless her and keep her recipes coming
This is the exact recipe that I inherited from my mother-in-law! The recipe was given to me with all the ingredients doubled. We either make it in a 9x13" pan or muffin tins but my mother-in-law always made it in a bundt pan. No frosting. It is absolutely delicious and gets better each day after baking...if you can make it last that long.
This is the second time I watched your videos. I would like to say that you are doing a great public service. You are making people aware of learning from the past. And using efficiently what you have on hand.
Story: I remember when lard was sold with a little yellow coloring packet to make you think you had butter. Also, during the WW2 there were no erasers on pencils.
Please keep up the good work and inspiring people.
I remember squishing the yellow food coloring through the fat, I did not know it was lard. I was very young
Interesting note on the pencils. I like learning new old things.
My Mom told me they also originally sold margarine with the separate package of yellow food coloring.
@@janetadams3505 me too- Janet- we grandbabies fought to be the helper for our Granny! We loved her and didn't think it was labor, it was done in love ❤
@@marysueper140 and Grampy or Daddy used his pen knife to sharpen the pencil- less wasteful that way and you used it until you couldn't anymore.
My favorite verse? John 3:17- "for God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the World 🌎 but that. the World 🌎 through Him might be Saved!"
POWERFUL POWERFUL WORDS!
My Grandma made this and my sister still does . They do it in a jelly roll pan. Cake is about 1 inch thick. Grandma was always poor . Feeding 6 kids during the depression was hard. Keep up the good work.
No matter what video I watch, I have made so many of her recipes. It makes me feel good just listening to these videos. We all have gone through tough times, lost loved ones, and we all will still see more problems, but coming back to these videos helps make you renew your faith. GOD Love you.
My mother made this cake often for us kids. It is one of my favorites and she continued to make it for me when she knew I was coming to visit. This video brought back memories of home!
I JUST FOUND YOU 🤗 ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU !!! YOU TOTALLY ROC OUR COUNTRY NEEDS LADIES LIKE YOU BECAUSE FOOD SHORTAGES ARE GOING TO BE HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
Thank you so very much for the verses you post! They are a tremendous encouragement to me as I am walking through an incredibly difficult time in my life. You are a blessing!
That's a great story I love hearing stories from older people about what it was like when they were growing up what life was like the difficulty is that they had. It's fascinating to me so thank you for sharing this story and the history that goes along with this cake.
I think this is the cake my Grandmother made for me when I visited. The Wartime cake?
You're so right about what our Grandparents (and my Parents) went through. They faced a pandemic and depression and we never heard anything about it. They faced incredibly hard times and everything returned to normal. Never give up hope.
You're right, it is also called wartime or war cake. Never give up hope is right!
It won't be going back to normal this time though.
We're in the apocalypse
I remember my mom and grandma making something similar to this recipe. The only fruit they would use though were dates. We only got it twice a year. Usually at the time my dad would eat onions and milk. He said he did this to remind him of the leaner times. Then, mom and grandma would bring out the cake. Our cake was plain, no frosting. And we would spread just a smidgen bit of butter on it. So greatful you shared this Becky, because I never got the recipe from my mom or grandma before they passed away. I know I'm definitely going to be making this soon. Much Love 4EVERMORE & GOD BLESS Y'ALL 💖💖💖
Wow this encouraged my soul. Thot I was getting a good recipe but it filled my soul. Thanking you,God bless you !!!
Thank you for your kind words, it means more to me than you will ever know. God bless you!
This lady is amazing! Being a country gal myself, It's so great hearing these recipes. I'm definitely trying this one
Hi there from Northern Ireland , interesting to see this receive , we have a cake here which is almost identical called boiled cake … can be made using cold tea in place of the water . Enjoyed the video thx 😀
Most of the folks in Southern Appalachia originally came from Ulster in the 1700s and brought a lot of the old culture with them. When I asked my great grandmother (Violet McNabb Johnson) where we came from, she would say, “ We’re Scotch-Arsh,” or as we say now, Ulster Scots.
I'm in England and I've been making that for years the only difference being i make plum breads instead of cakes. Give them as Christmas pressies. X
Could you please give us the recipe?
Could you please post that recipe?
@@debbiedaigle9627 Under the title, click on "show more", it is in there, ;0)
My granny made this for years and years she added walnuts nutmeg allspice cinnamon and we put a brown sugar frosting on it boiled brown sugar frosting is very delicious
Brown sugar frosting sounds like a delicious topping for this cake!!
My gran made this in Oregon called it depression cake sometimes would add in some carrots and walnuts if she had it.
Oh my God, Laurie! That sounds sooo good!
Can you give us the recipe?
Boy, that sounds good!
This is almost exactly like my mother's fruit cake. Always loved it. Thanks for the memories
Glad you liked it. Thank you for watching. God bless you!
I LOVE all the cheap stuff you are teaching us to cook. Things are getting expensive and we need your recipes.
Becky, I am always warmed in my spirit when I watch you. God's warmth comes through you. Thanks for this cake recipe and encouraging others to have hope no matter what.
I'm anxious to try this cake thank you I'm praying & you're so true about hard times Well be stronger for it
So true and we'll said, Sassy! ❤️
Your story remind me when a grow up hard ship but through God we survive we didn't hv much but the Lord saw us through thank you so much
This is an interesting video. I appreciate you sharing your history and the recipe. My mom lived during the depression and WWII, and her stories were similar. One thing..she would have used a glaze, with confectioner's sugar mixed with a bit of water or milk...maybe vanilla...and drizzled on the cake or muffins.
BTW...thank you for the testimony at the end.
I do enjoy your videos! I’m so thankful for all you messages from the Bible and how just down home & wonderful you & your family are. Please continue to teach us all about foods & desserts. I’m always looking for something different to serve guests. Thank you so much and God bless you because you’re a blessing to us!♥️
My grandmother wrote a book titled, “Me and Mine”. She grew all veggies in her back yard and had grape vines on all the fences. She talked about feeding a family of nine on five dollars a day. My thirty seven year old son read that sentence to my 12 year old grandson, they were amazed at that fact!
I’ve got my grandma’s handwritten cookery book. She washed blankets in glue apparently!
jilliran .... are you sure it wasn't "blue?" You can still buy this liquid in the laundry section, it keeps white fabric (sheets, undershirts, etc) from looking yellowed (old or dirty). Yes, adding a small amount of "blue" to your whites actually makes them look whiter! Just a thought, figured the handwriting might have led to a misreading of the terms....but hey, maybe she did wash her blankets in glue...who am I to judge. There might be someone older than me who could shine a little different light on this. 🙂
@@thurst3224 I wish I could photo the page for you. It starts: dissolve 1oz glue in 1 pint water standing it on the stove in a jug. Fill a bath with hot water and stir in glue water. Put in blanket & leave for 1/2 hour stirring about occasionally. Put through wringer then rinse in hot water and again wring. Hang out on line.
I think you are referring to blue bag which was for whites bit pure wool unbleached blankets. Blue bag was also for bee stings🙏
jilliran ...rotfl, well that's a new take on hot and sticky! I'm sure there is probably a logical explanation, lol. Incidentally, my bottle of liquid blue concentrate says to add 1/4 teaspoon of "blueing" to 2 quarts of water, mix well, then add this all to a large load of white laundry. If you ever figure out the glue story, let me know....I'm really curious now!
jilliran ....ok, I think I might have figured it out. If the recipe also contains a detergent/soap additive like lye, the glue may have been used to change the viscosity of the liquid. Think of it this way, glue and water make homemade slime; liquid hand soap is not runny, it is slightly thick and slimy. Therefore, the glue would have added a slight thickness to her homemade liquid laundry soap so that it was more like our current versions and not so runny. Just my best guess....
I find it interesting that this baker can take the time to EXPLAIN every step, every ingredient carefully and clearly.
Wish more of the haute cuisine shows had her ability to teach.
We love you so darn much!!! Keep doing what you’re doing. You words are a joy to hear and we love tour recipes too!!! You are truly a blessing!!
I love your videos! All of these recipes remind me of my Grand and Great Grandmother's. Makes my ❤️ smile. It's sometimes bittersweet. I love and miss them so much. ❤️❤️❤️
This looks so good. I would definitely and some nuts. Thank you for teaching us to not only feed our bodies but our souls as well. Prayers for you and your family. The Lord always provides.
It so true we have come through so many things, but through God we are strong and enduring. Praise God in the highest
I found these videos only a few days ago, and I love the recipes! Thank you! 🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻
Love your stories of grandma and grandpas so interesting and your recipes are so easy to understand and enjoy and filled with love and hope!! Thank you so much.
I made it with whole cranberries, prunes and walnuts and it was delicious.
Ooo, sounds yummy.
I feel like I remember my dad's mom, my grandma, making this cake when I was a kid. Probably made it through the depression and on into my time (1960s). My people were farmers in WV. They had big gardens from which they canned. They had chickens, pigs and cattle, too. That's how they made it through the depression. I am so thankful for the legacy they passed on to us!
I just saw this and I just saw that you are such an inspiration. I needed that verse today more than you know. May God bless you abundantly and beyond measure.
Hi Lorrie. good to see you here
I think we called this eggless spice cake when I was a kid. It has long been a favorite of mine. Thanks for the memories!
My Grammie lived to the age of 97 (and so did my mother!) and I have her recipe for a version of this Applesauce Cake. At Christmas time she added other dried fruits and nuts as she had available and called it fruit cake. Her recipe calls for adding the baking soda to a cup of unsweetened applesauce. It is by far my favorite cake - and makes a good treat with coffee early in the morning. I have a separate recipe for Depression Cake which is also "no butter, no milk, no eggs" but uses baking soda and vinegar - and Hershey's chocolate powder. Yumm, yumm! Love the Hillbilly Kitchen and so appreciate you sharing Jesus along with the recipes. Thank you!
You have created a Great channel ! Wonderful food and wonderful message, We too have been raised in the south and have learned old southern recipes handed down by our Grandparents. Southern food is unlike any food found in the world. You are not only sharing your recipes with us, but also introducing it to the world! You are the Southern Food Ambassador!
I've watched for over a yr and thoroughly enjoy your videos. This brought back many happy memories of me and my mom fixing this. Thank you!!! ❤
My mom used to made something similar to this when I was growing up. She called it applesauce cake. Mostly same ingredients but added applesauce. Love your channel and the comfort of faith shared. God bless you!
I need this recipe. I have a dairy allergy so this is perfect. Thank you for sharing.
I was so excited to see this recipe- i am a vegetarian and have friends who are vegan- this is a cake i can make for them- thanks so much for sharing- ❤
No shortening for Vegans!
@@michelleocampo3708 i usually use coconut oil ☺
@@ravenbrown7053 Great idea,,, Thanks!
Yes, a wonderful recipe for vegans. And, vegans can eat shortening -- Crisco and many others are vegetable shortening. Lard is made using animal fat.
I'm wondering if it would work with almond flour...
Love your old time practical recipes. My grandparents on both sides had Victory Gardens and did lots of their own canning.. Your testimony at end of each recipe is simple and timely. Our nation is suffering now, but for different reasons. Selfishness reigns. God help and protect this nation...from one intercessor to another.
I have just found you, and I love your ethics and spirituality. My Nana had a similar recipe, but if you wanted more of a sponge cake, she would replace 1 or 2 eggs with vinegar. It makes it really light and springy and you don't taste the vinegar at all! 😀
My mama who is 83 remembers a little about the depression and her mama talking about it. So glad I found your channel. It's like going home.
Thank you so much for your beautiful testimony, sister! Isn't it joyous to know when we stumble across another believer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ we have instant connection to family!?! God bless you, sweetheart!
Can't wait to try this special cake. I'll think of my grandmothers while I'm making them. Thank you and God Bless You and all of y'all too!
Even in tough times, when we feel we have nothing, we still always have something to share with another.
SISTER BECKY, THE LORD IS REACHING MY HUSBAND THROUGH THE WORD AFTER 43 YEARS. GOG BLESS YOU SISTER BECKY. I THANK GOD FOR YOU PRECIOUS.
Praise the Lord! 🙏
Yeah but you don’t need a sweetener the fruits would do the sweetening instead
Becky, thank you for remembering the past in this video!
Our ancestors were so creative and resilient. Your hopeful message and practical advise are certainly needed in these tough times.
Love your patriotic kitchen, love for your family history, and God! God bless you! We need more of this in our nation right now!
Thank you for putting God first that’s what I like about you shows you put God in charge of your life. Gods blessings for you sister
Thank you for the scripture, hope, and depression cake 🎂
I never knew either of my parents families. My mom grew up on a farm in Missouri. I recognize many of the recipes. Watching you makes me feel connected to a heritage that I had (have, I guess), although never experienced. Mom shared things here and there. Thank you for being you and for glorifying Christ in your life.
I am in my 80s and born in 1941. I remember listening to all these stories. I suggest watching the history series Wartime Farming. It was England. They had a very hard time. My mom had some old recipes but I can’t remember now. I love your channel.