Poverty Cake Recipe
Poverty cake is an ancient and very simple recipe born out of lean times. It’s made from ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1 TBS Butter
- 1.5 Tsp Baking powder
- 0.5 Tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine butter (you can substitute lard if you want) and sugar until all lumps are gone. You could do this with your mixer or using a pastry cutter. I substituted Crisco for butter because that’s what I had on hand. And then, I mixed them together using a wooden spoon. Just make sure it’s well combined with no lumps. Set aside.
- Combine flour, salt, and baking powder. You could certainly combine them with a sieve, but I just fluffed them with a fork until the ingredients were mixed together evenly. Set aside.
- Pour milk into your sugar and butter mixture and stir well. You could use your electric mixer if you like. I just mixed it well with the wooden spoon.
- Pour the flour mixture into your other bowl slowly. Mix well until it's nice and smooth. You’ll get a thick sticky batter that can hold its own shape. Try to make sure there are no large lumps of butter anywhere.
- Add in your fixings. I added a bit of nutmeg to my poverty cake.
- Pour your batter into a pan. If you want it a little thicker, you could use a small cake pan, but keep in mind that for this type of cake, thinner works better. I wanted my poverty cake to be thinner, like a piece of French toast or a thick pancake. So I poured my batter into the center of a non-stick cooking sheet. I smoothed the batter out, so it was all even, but it didn’t fill up the entire pan.
- Put your pan in the middle of the oven and bake for up to 25 minutes if using a cake pan. Because my cake was a little thinner, I baked it for exactly 20 minutes.
- My cake was done when the edges started to turn a little golden brown, and the cake felt a bit spongy on top.
- Allow the cake to cool for a bit.
- Then I transferred my cake from the cooking sheet to a cutting board so I didn’t accidentally cut my cooking sheet.
- Cut your cake into pieces. I cut mine with a pizza cutter.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 4ozCalories: 302kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.05gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 336mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 1gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 66IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 174mgIron: 2mg
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