Easy bake: How to bake a cake WITHOUT baking it!

A sweet treat for that sweet person in your life, perhaps? 💕
In this video, I’ll be cooking up a 1940s UNCOOKED chocolate cake, a classic wartime recipe that doesn’t require any baking! During the war, ingredients like eggs and butter were often in short supply, so this no-bake recipe was a clever way to make a sweet treat with minimal resources. Join me as I follow this retro recipe step-by-step and see how it turns out! Will it be as tasty as it sounds, or will it be a total flop? Watch to find out!
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[@karenblackadder1183]

Been showing your videos to my 93yo mother. She's very impressed with you. Well done.

[@cats_crochet_crystals]

‘if I knew you were coming id bake a cake’ was played at mum and dads wedding in 1950. We also played it at her funeral last year. Brought a tear to my eyes in a happy sort of way x. We had discussed with mum years ago what she wanted played, so it was mums idea. Denise x

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

🥺 oh my goodness, well in that case. Consider this video dedicated to her ❤❤❤

[@barbarafarquharson4826]

We played that at mums too. She always sang it to the grandkids. At the end of service thry played Wish me luck as you wave me goodby, another of her favorites, made everyone giggle.

[@mikkemikkelsen]

Stop say SHE……. It’s a cake

[@nunereclipsereborn]

​@@RealvintagedollshouseA goddess walks among us

[@cats_crochet_crystals]

@ aww that’s a lovely song to play at the end. We had moonlight serenade I had wanted in the Mood but my sister decide on moonlight serenade

[@karinjcollstrup7360]

In Denmark we have a very similar christmas candy that was invented during the WWII rationing. Eccept we use oakmeal grains in sted of breadcrums and we make them into small balls, more like a chocolate truffle in sted of a full cake.

[@fredrikakesson747]

Just like the swedish "Chokladboll". Oatflarns, butter, sugar, cacao and opional a little cold coffee. Make balls and roll in coconut flarns or pearl sugar. Perfect indudroctions for learning kids how to bake/ cook. I jused to make tis aloot as a kid. Born in 85

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Sounds very similar! Are they tasty? ❤

[@karinjcollstrup7360]

Since they are a staple in most danish homes at chritmas to this day - they must be tasty 😂

[@fredrikakesson747]

@@karinjcollstrup7360 In Sweden we can have them any day. Don't make them less special. 🥰 And to not make this another war between Sweden and Denmark: I love fläskstek. And your smörrebröd are to almost die for. Love from C4. 😉

[@yettawat1564]

We made something similar when I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s. My mom called them No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. Sometimes I still make them at Christmas and everybody gobbles them up. You can also add some peanut butter to the mixture so they come out kind of tasting like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. 🤎

[@natashakaur7557]

Love your channel it’s so comforting.. I have binged most of your videos. I find the modern world a bit to overwhelming at times.. and love the 40s and 50s.. keep doing what you doing cos your reaching out to so many of us and with the way the world is at the moment with mental health on a decline this is what is needed ❤

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

🥹 this means the world to me and for comments like yours I will NEVER stop ❤

[@ginnyk52]

❤❤❤

[@FiFi-wt9zj]

Well said natashakur7557

[@suewilkinson910]

It does look like Rocky Road. My friend loves those but they seem unbearably sweet to me. Just goes to show though, if you were a bit short of your sugar ration, you could still make this with less sugar and it would still be nice.

[@sophiephillips5116]

I too agree ! This world, day and age can be very difficult and even more so when you feel different because you feel like you were born in the wrong era!!! I am a vintage lover and your channel/videos bring me a lot of comfort and joy and often feelings of warmth!! Actually I had a very difficult shift today as a nurse and i purposely watched this to take to try and switch off and I felt really relaxed and calm so thanks darling !!!

[@marywest2896]

one tip .....when a recipe calls for vanilla, always put it in off the heat, at the last, you cook out all the flavor otherwise, so make it the last thing after it is off the heat.

[@karenwright9123]

Bless the memories of those wartime mothers and babies. Pray we never see the struggles they endured. Thanks for the reminders.

[@KatieM786]

The only thing that endures in life is struggle - there's no war in the UK right now but others all over the world are dealing with displacement and hardship right now. Praying is lovely but doing any practical things we can is always helpful ❤

[@sisutytto2563]

Watch, TROUGH LUCYS LENS.

[@pixie706]

When you said "a nice cup of tea " it made me think...every cup of tea is heavenly. I wonder why we British are so comforted by tea 😊

[@sisutytto2563]

I think tea smells and tastes good also it warms my body and my soul gets happy,,,even better in a big beautiful cup.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

The sugar and the caffeine both give a jolt

[@labwuh]

I discovered you channel last week and you are the epitome of good old fashion England ❤ Thank you for your beautiful cozy videos & insights on life and bless you for cherishing your Mother ❤

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Oh thank you! 🥹❤❤

[@janelockwood347]

Lovely! Thankyou, in this hectic world I frequently delve into wartime memories as a solace. I was born in the early fifties when rationing was still a thing, so grew up appreciating every sweet treat we got ( not many!). Xx

[@chaotic_crafter]

Thank you for just... 🤷‍♀️ bringing some comfort and joy to us all.

[@BarbaraDr2023]

Am binge-watching your videos. Cheers from a historian in Germany ❤

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

I am so very glad that you like them! ❤

[@momof2momof2]

I think that is so wonderful that that existed for everyone back in the day, especially children. Children should have the very best birthday you can give them under the circumstances. Thanks for sharing ! 🥰🌱🌿🌷💐💖✝

[@sargee97]

Put your spoon in boiling water, it's much easier and safer for you. I'm doing slimming world so I'm going to try and work out the syns. If the syns work out ok, I will be doing this recipe for sure. I use a sweetener that is the nearest to sugar available, so maybe I will be able to have a chocolate cake 😅. When you think that during the war such treats were extremely scarce then this would have been an amazing birthday cake. A little obviously goes a long way. Thanks for sharing, kind regards Angeline ❤️ xx

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Ooft, I'm not sure how it would do on your syns! 😅 Feels like it might be a weeks worth on its own! Let me know if you try it out ❤

[@nicoleroache5067]

In my family in New Zealand we call this Chocolate slice. We have been baking something exactly like this since i was a little girl. We mostly bake this on special occasions or bake a lot of it at Christmas time to eat and have as gifts for family and friends. Instead of using the bread crumbs we use what we call Super Wine Biscuits (so your classic plain vanilla biscuit). Use your basic icing sugar, vanilla essence, little knob of butter, 1-2 tablespoons of hot water and coco powder for the chocolate icing. As a cute little touch we also add sprinkles on the top! :)

[@susanmacdonald4288]

This sounds very much like the recipe that I found for something called Tiffin, although that calls for crushed digestive biscuits, and some raisins or other dried fruit. I've had Tiffin, and it's amazing, so I can understand your little cake being delicious, too!

[@thekowboymom2710]

This is very similar to No Bake Chocolate Cookie/Balls. I love how resourceful people became with their recipes. I also adore the pronunciation of margarine: marg-er-een. It sounds eloquent in comparison to our American margar-IN. My grandmother always called it oleo.

[@susanmacdonald4288]

And in Canada, at least where I am, it's usually MAR-ger-in. Funny how the same word changes from place to place.

[@lisapolanski9379]

Like cake pops where you mix frosting into the cake mix and roll them into balls.

[@poppythecat454]

I believe the reason why it was so sweet is I think you used drinking chocolate powder rather then cocoa powder. Very sorry if you didn't - I just noticed the tin. Cocoa powder is extremely bitter so the syrup would of cut through it. Looks great in any case :)

[@raraavis7782]

I think you might be right. It looked suspiciously light colored. We're used to recipes calling for 'baking cacao' these days, but they might have just called it 'cocoa powder' back then, because pre-sweetened concoctions weren't a thing yet.

[@peterholthoffman]

I love watching your channel as it very much reminds me of my childhood in the 1960s. You see, my grandfather was born in 1874, and my mom was born in 1924. We lived with my grandmother, and we inherited her household items when she passed. As a result, as you can imagine, the 1940s lasted well into the 1960s at our house. That my dad was career US Army officer who had been in WW II in Europe probably helped to keep us on course. Everything I see in your videos, such as the iron bed and gas stove were part of my childhood. I feel right at home!

[@sisutytto2563]

Watch, TROUGH LUCYS LENS.

[@varinafulcher5898]

Open lid fully, heat spoon in hot water, then spoon syrup. Advice from an oldie. Love your channel.x❤

[@tonijones8646]

She opened the tin with a tin opener in an earlier video 😂

[@varinafulcher5898]

@ yes need to just flip the lid off, i admire what she does though.x

[@kaitlynp286]

I found your channel last week and immediately sunscibed! That cake looks delicious. My go-to,fail proof, cake recipe is the " depression " cake. It is said to be named both for it's era , and the fact that it can be mixed in one pan. The wet ingredients are added to 3 depressions made in the already combined dry ingredients (oil, vanilla, vinegar) before being covered with water. Give a stir and pop in the oven. It is lovely. Thank you for the beautiful and informative content. Love from British Columbia, Canada 😊

[@belvadalidowich5314]

Don't think I"d care for that cake but the way you drink tea has made me want a cup of tea. Until I found you, tea never entered my mind now I am craving a cup of tea. I love your videos.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

I grew up with a mother and grandmother who regularly made Bread Pudding from stale bread. Packed full of dried fruit and dusted with sugar. "Bread & Butter pudding is different, but also good. I also remember when the only rice I knew, was rice pudding. "Pudding rice" and milk baked in the oven in an oblong blue and white enamel tray. With the skin on top burnt black around the edged.

[@caw25sha]

My mum made something called "queen of puddings" which was bread 'n' jam in milk, like rice pudding.

[@Laurtew]

Oh, yes! Bread pudding was how we used up all the bread that was getting old. It went well with vanilla ice cream.

[@Carebearbreeding]

​@@Laurtew Yes 🥰 yum with ice cream.... Or custard 😋

[@raraavis7782]

'Rice cake' was a childhood favorite of mine. A simple pie crust filled with a thickened mixture of dessert rice, sugar and milk. It would firm up, while cooling down, like a custard. And yes, the 'skin' was always the best part.

[@judithbristow603]

Loved watching you 'bake' this cake, thank you! My Ration Recipe Book arrived last week, so I will try this recipe before any of the others - I'm a confirmed chocolate addict! I just have to work my way through the box of 8 Cadbury Creme Eggs first !! 😁

[@lilithka1986]

Ha! Sounds like my favorite childhood cookies, with oats instead of breadcrumbs. It's a recipe from rationed times as well, behind the iron curtain.

[@Gretchen88888]

I'm going to make this!! 🍫🍰 Another great video!! 🤎

[@PhDdoctornurseAGACNP-BC]

I had a wonderful cup of Pukka oatflower, lavender, limeflower tea this evening! It was so soothing! One of my students gave me a Pukka variety pack of teas, and a lovely covered cup with a tea infuser! So very kind of her! She is in nursing school, and I tutor her when she needs. I am so proud of her!! Dr. B.

[@sisutytto2563]

Pukka tea is the best.

[@divaden47]

Seeing the lovely cake, I will make it but shall add sliced glace cherries on top......🤩

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Great idea ❤

[@Didomum]

My mum use to make this for me and my brother when she had the money love it. I’m in my late 60’s and remember it well

[@GretchenII]

Recently discovered your videos and am thoroughly enjoying them! Love the floral window shade in your kitchen! ❤ and 🙏 from 🇺🇸

[@sheepieness]

That cake looked so tasty! Not saying your wartime victoria sponge didn't look the part 😊 It's my husbands birthday in a few weeks, don't know if this would be up to scratch for him. I'd definitely give it a go! We're all scrimping so maybe this would be the way to go..❤

[@susanneelstone8000]

You can also oil the spoon as well that works well too

[@tracisawyer7681]

I absolutely adore your shirt❤!

[@sylvain123]

Hello Hannah, This reminds me of those giant chocolate flat cookies that I've seen in the bakery except with icing on top. Looks delicious. Now I'm hungry 😂 I received my 'eating for victory' book in the mail today. It has conversion tables at the end which is helpful for this Australian. Just glancing through and it's full of easy recipes for people that don't like complicated cooking. it even has a cooking for one section. And one pot meals!

[@Sacredsimplicitylife]

Such a delightful video! Thank you. I love your channel. 🌸

[@wandamontgomery6030]

Your kitchen appliances are soo cute😊

[@JazzyBabe56]

I'm definitely trying this one! thanx ♥

[@MacJess]

So happy to have stumbled across your channel

[@bernadettekeogan-clarke-m7l]

YUM, I WILL TRY. IT. KEEP THE RECIPES COMING

[@mrodriguez9922]

I truly enjoy all of your videos, So informative and Fun! Thank you for all that you do!

[@SherBear88]

I would totally give this a try if you would give us the recipe. I was hoping they were in the comments..

[@margaretquinn5335]

Thank you so much for this delightful video and delicious recipe.

[@Anonymous-gt1eq]

Like a rice crispy chocolate fudge? Yum 😋😋 I very much love chocolate.

[@ainemeagher4830]

Newcomer to your channel. Your content is so comforting.

[@WendyL63]

Reminds me of chocolate haystacks, that we had at school ❤❤❤

[@marykayesugerman6843]

Looks delicious! Great job 👏

[@darrinmckeehan5697]

"And now we're back here again!"😂🤣😆 I would definitely give her a try! 😋 Looks & sounds yummy -for what she is.

[@joanneentwistle7653]

I love your green and white pot...is it vintage? This is "baking" I can get behind, might try it!

[@racheloram]

It reminds me of a treacle tart, they're made with breadcrumbs

[@Flow-cf6uu]

I loved treacle tart from the 70’s! I’ve never found a recipe as good as our infant school treacle tart - which wasn’t grainy 🤔

[@cuernavacadave]

Would love to try that recipe!! Can I find it somewhere??? Also, I love the wall paper in your kitchen, with the roses. Is it paper or fabric!! Love the video.

[@CathyQuattlebaum]

These are so fun. Thank you.

[@kathleenorr9237]

Looks great ❤

[@88JPOPS]

Will be making this very soon with my little girl. New subscriber to your channel, loving everything so far and finding lots of inspiration ♥️

[@Nyctophora]

Thank you for just all round wholesome content, and useful as well. I love your style.

[@kleoqwer]

Now I need to do it! It's 8pm and there's still enough time to make it and taste it today!

[@zenabraithwaite1934]

Great idea. Yes I've used the chocolate sauce recipe to make cornflake or rice crispie cakes.

[@MaryAntonia-tc9rv]

At first I thought I was the cake that you make with icing and chocolate Vienna cookies that were just cookies popular a while ago. This was layering the wafers with the icing and refrigerating it for hours too. Your recipe is so inviting that it would be a great treat for kids to participate in making on a cold snowy day ❤️

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

I agree! But they'd also be bouncing off the walls 😂❤

[@nadinelincoln3482]

can also be made with biscuit crumbs! What a good use for the bottom of the tin bits/

[@lisaautolitano5517]

Sounds yummy. Like these old ration ideas. Some turn out quite good

[@tammy1690]

Great video. I had no idea this cake recipe existed 😊

[@StacySewandSow]

It looks delicious. I LOVE chocolate :)

[@nelliemelba4967]

I've been getting into old school dinner recipes, and making some of the desserts we used to used to have. I was just contemplating making chocolate sponge and custard when this vid popped up! That cake looked delicious!

[@Lexielimey]

I made this recipe when I was 11 and doing WW2 at school. The Imperial War Museum released a cookbook of WW2 recipes called "We'll Eat Again." You xan still find it online on used book sites. I mentioned the cake and book to my mum bc we both love hisrory and WW2, and she managed to find a copy for me and aurprised me with it. I really do need to make something from it again. WW2 recipes are so crearive! (I'm 41 now, 11 was a long time ago lol!) The cake came out great, ours looked the same. Excellent dolloping technique!

[@siameseire]

💛🐦 Pigeon time!!!! happy happy. 😊 (my pictorial options were a bluebird, butterfly or flying saucer. lol)

[@es4242]

Add a little whipped cream on top - yum.

[@jensturgess7685]

Ohhhhh I bought that book ! 😊

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

It's so good!

[@jensturgess7685]

@Realvintagedollshouse it really is! I'd actually eat the things from it ! 🥰

[@702desertmom]

I want to try this!!!

[@davidjones6969]

Vanilla Ice Cream to top it off.

[@LS-um3zq]

Sure looked good!

[@alisoncooper7227]

It also works if you warm the empty spoon then it easily scoops up from the tin and slides off xx

[@SecretPlacePsalm91]

I love your videos!!!

[@louisemay974]

Thanks. I’m gonna try this with some gf bread crumbs - looks delish 😋 Fab video ☺️

[@marywest2896]

since your recipe was made before most folks had frigs, so you could probably get away with on hour at most...considering just how cold someone's cold storage would be.

[@raraavis7782]

I like that idea. I'm an chocolate fiend, but not an ambitious baker. And since it's not baked, it should be possible to make it in small portions, which would suit me very well. I gotta 'ration' my food as well, if for entirely different reasons 😆

[@cherylmarquez2645]

I would most definitely try this, chocolate is my biggest guilty pleasure. 🥰

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Great video, thank you Seems you cake was choc'd full of flavour Take care Geoff

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Good to see you here Geoff. I tell you it was SUPER SWEET! 😂

[@paulsimister-ng5nx]

I will definitely try that xx

[@rosebroady6618]

Nice and simple cake tgats easy to make as well as economical. Im so going to give it a go

[@liadanducky]

Ooo my mom used to make no bake cookies all the time when I was a kid, I should make some soon!

[@hollyingraham3980]

What you basically made was a cocoa type outer crumb crust, like you might put under a pudding cake. I'll bet you needed that tea to cut back a sugar bomb like that!

[@jamiedianne6778]

Yum! That cake looks amazing and I would definitely try the recipe!

[@Donna-pl9zn]

Just to let you know, when you held out the spoon to lick, my cat went up to the screen and sniffed. She approves.

[@daisydarling3054]

Lovely video. The cake makes me think of mix between chocolate biscuit cake and a chocolate crunch.

[@ingridside]

That looks delicious! It looks just like the Swedish bake called chokladbollar, but in cakeform. Love your videos ❤

[@JosephineArmstrong-l1u]

I love your videos 💕

[@catevanslife]

I sometimes make chocolate fridge cake which is very similar though slightly more lavish. It was much-loved by QE2 apparently and I completely understand why. Your cake looked delicious. 😻

[@carlahoag7154]

As you were making it, I thought of substituting Rice Krispies for the bread crumbs, then you said it reminded you of that recipe. 😼

[@nataliebaker918]

You made this look so good! My teeth hurt imagining the sweetness!

[@jessbooth5495]

As a history buff with an interest in learning about rationing recipes, I keenly enjoyed this video! Thank you from Australia. BTW, would it be appropriate to ask what brand of lipstick are you wearing? I’m struggling to find the shade as my favourite brand discontinued it. ✨👏😊

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Glad you enjoyed it! And of course, it is Besame Cosmetics Victory Red lipstick 💄 💋

[@jessbooth5495]

@ thank you kindly! I’ve only recently discovered your channel but am enjoying your content. All the best 👏✨💄

[@JoyceWood-xu2qj]

Definitely going to try this 😋x

[@varinafulcher5898]

Cake looks really nice.x

[@introvertedfox6826]

Just found your channel but love the content

[@Lou-p5x1b]

I love chocolate but not a fan of chocolate cake, but I would try that it looks nice

[@Earthmothernaturelover]

I make my Rice Krispie cakes with margarine, sugar and golden syrup Also have you thought about a Dig for Victory Garden?

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

It's my summer project!!! ❤

[@Earthmothernaturelover]

@ exciting!! Have you got the Dig for Victory booklet?

[@janethughes6343]

This is very similar to chocolate tiffin which is made with biscuit crumbs. It's Prince Williams favourite and he had it as his grooms cake at his wedding.

[@siameseire]

I will definitely try it.

[@wherewolfe2685]

This sounds similar to a chocolate biscuit cake, substituting the cookie crumbs for bread crumbs.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

It sounds like a lovely treat, anytime

[@paulachristie7807]

If you dip your spoon in the melted margarine before measuring the honey, the honey will slide right off.

[@kayleighkimberley7783]

sort of looks like the Swedish chocolate cake i got from IKEA (although would it have been better with proper coco powder looked like you used drinking chocolate which contains milk powder and sugar

[@firequeen2194]

New to the channel and thrilled you popped up in my YT feed. Things are a little dicey right now in the US, 😢. What is vanilla essence? Is it vanilla extract? And golden syrup? Honey? Forgive me if you’ve covered this. I’ll be going back to binge. Thanks! Edited: you are all bad influences, lol. I just ordered three cookbooks from a UK independent bookstore; one ration cookbook and two depression era cookbooks. Boy, I adore you all, thanks for the recommendations! No shipping charge to the US. 😘

[@raraavis7782]

Golden sirup is a byproduct of sugar processing (from sugar beets). It's basically slightly caramelized sugar sirup with a bit of added lemon juice. Which keeps it from crystalizing, as I understand it. I personally wouldn't replace it with honey, as I don't like to sweeten cacao with honey just generally. I would rather use maple syrup, instead. Or you could make golden sirup at home. The recipes are very easy to follow and it works as an inexpensive all purpose sirup for different dishes.