Depression Cake

By Hklbrries

"From Bill Wilson's stepmother, Ann Wilson." (I have no idea who Bill Wilson is).

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups cold water

Preparation

Step 1

Sift dry ingredients together into a 9-by-13-inch ungreased cake pan. Make three wells. Pour oil into one well, vinegar into second, and vanilla into third well. Pour cold water over everything, and stir it up with a fork.

Bake at 350 F for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a broom straw (that's what she used), or toothpick, inserted, comes out clean.