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⏰📅🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🐕"Our "1930s Nostalgia: Depression-Era Spice Cake" offers a glimpse into a tumultuous period in history. Crafted from simple ingredients our cake emobies warm and comforting flavors. Applesauce, coffee, and raisins were substituted for costly ingredients like butter and nuts, while spices brought flavor. Perfectly moist and fragrant, each slice will narrate resilience, and showcase the creativity and tenacity of a generation.

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The 1930s Great Depression, started in the United States and then spread worldwide. It began with the 1929 stock market crash, leading to a severe global economic decline. Unemployment surged, businesses closed, and families faced financial hardship as instability gripped nations.

Unable to access ingredients, home cooks got inventive, using substitutes. The Depression-Era Spice Cake epitomized this adaptability, demonstrating how basic ingredients could create a comforting treat.

👐🧼🧺 Preparation & Baking Essentials 🥣🍰🥛🥄🔥🧤

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water, clean your workspace, organize your ingredients, gather your tools: mixing bowls, 8" cake pan, measuring cups and spoons, spatula, oven, oven mitts, toothpick, and a cooling rack

🌀Spice Cake Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup brown sugar (packed)

1 cup unsweetened applesauce (used as a substitute for butter)

1 cup brewed black coffee (used as a substitute for expensive extracts or additional liquids)

1 cup raisins (used instead of expensive nuts)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (if available)

🌀Instructions:

🔺Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a cake pan.

🔺Mix flour, brown sugar, applesauce, and coffee until smooth.

🔺Stir raisins into the batter.

🔺In another bowl, combine baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and salt.

🔺Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, mixing until combined. Add vanilla if available.

🔺Pour batter into pan and smooth top.

🔺Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

🔺Cool cake before serving.

🔴 An 8" cake pan yields 8 slices. A rough approximation of the nutrition facts for One slice of the spice cake:

🔻Calories: Approximately 300 calories

🔻Fat: Around 2 grams

🔻Carbohydrates: Roughly 60 grams

🔻Protein: About 4 grams

🔻Fiber: 3 grams

💧These values are estimates and may vary depending on factors such as serving size and specific ingredients used.

Alternative ingredients for various dietary preferences:

🔴For people with diabetes:

Replace brown sugar with a sugar substitute like erythritol, stevia, or monk fruit sweetener.

Ensure the applesauce is unsweetened and opt for a sugar-free variety if available.

Choose a low-glycemic index fruit like berries or chopped apples instead of raisins.

Use a lowcarb flour substitute like almond flour or coconut flour instead of allpurpose flour.

🔴For plant-based diets:

Replace brown sugar with coconut sugar, maple syrup, or date paste.

Ensure the applesauce is unsweetened and consider using mashed bananas or mashed avocado as a butter substitute.

Choose a plant-based milk alternative like almond milk, soy milk, or oat milk instead of brewed black coffee.

Use a flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons water) or a commercial egg replacer instead of eggs.

🔴For vegan diets:

Follow the plant-based diet alternatives above.

Ensure all ingredients, including the sugar and vanilla extract, are certified vegan.

🔴For other dietary preferences:

Consider gluten-free flour blends or almond flour for those with gluten sensitivities or allergies.

Adjust the sweetness level according to preference or dietary needs.

Substitute any spices or flavorings with alternatives that align with specific dietary requirements.

By making these adjustments, you can create a cake that suits a variety of dietary preferences and restrictions.

🔴Tips for your spice cake:

✨Accurate Measurements: Precisely measure your ingredients, especially the flour and leavening agents.

✨Room Temperature Ingredients: Let eggs, applesauce, and other room temperature ingredients warm up before using.

✨Mix Just Enough: Mix the batter until just combined after adding the dry ingredients.

✨Prevent Sticking: Grease and flour your cake pan thoroughly to avoid sticking.

✨Check Doneness: Test the cake's doneness with a toothpick or cake tester.

✨Cool Completely: Let the cake cool fully in the pan before removing it.

✨Storage: Store cooled cake in an airtight container at room temperature or freeze for longer storage.

✨Customize: Feel free to adjust spices, sweetness, or add-ins to suit your taste.

"😃Thank you for watching our tutorial. Your feedback fuels our passion for culinary innovation and encourages us to explore new creations in the kitchen.

Happy Eating, and we'll see YOU on the flip side!

The 💛🌠Red Cardinal Kitchen💚🌠 Team -

Sonja, Christopher, and Age 1 Aggie. 👩‍🍳📹🐕‍🦺"