Depression Cake
Info on the “Depression Cake”, which helped many a brave soul tide through the Great Depression of the ‘30s. With all the talk about slowdown and recession going around, a couple of printouts might go a long way 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_cake
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,176,156185-242204,00.html
A lot of people used to call it the “Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Cake” for obvious reasons 
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