Cake in a Shoe Box
- Total Time
- 4 hours
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Ingredients
- 1pound honey-cinnamon graham crackers
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 6eggs, lightly beaten
- 2cups sugar
- 2cups milk
- ½pound sweet butter, melted
- 1½cups walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1½cups pecans, coarsely chopped
- 7ounces grated coconut
Nutritional analysis per serving (24 servings)
366 calories; 24 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 7 grams monounsaturated fat; 7 grams polyunsaturated fat; 36 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 23 grams sugars; 5 grams protein; 155 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Step 2
Roll crackers to make fine crumbs, either with a rolling pin or in a food processor.
- Step 3
In a large bowl, blend crumbs with baking powder, eggs, sugar, milk, butter, walnuts, pecans and coconut until thoroughly incorporated.
- Step 4
Line a shoe box with waxed paper and fill with cake mixture. Place uncovered box on cookie sheet (save top) and bake for 3 hours. Let cool before slicing. If you put waxed paper on top of cake and cover with shoe box lid, the cake will keep for days. Box is reusable.
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Why a shoebox other than convenience of travel?
If other cake pan (which?) used, what is baking temp?
You preheat the oven to 250 degrees. A regular 9"x13" pan could be used. Probably this recipe was derived from the WWII era, then government rationed food & other items. Metals were in shortage & not being produced. Also, we were just recovering from a depression before the war. Pots & pans, tin cans, old cars, bikes, etc., were collected & donated in scrap drives for the war effort. I imagine baking pans were included--it makes sense this is where the recipe came from.
This is a recipe published on april fools' day. It's entirely true and doable- like, the recipe works and nothing catches fire- but it's meant to be silly, just for fun.
I think this recipe needs a picture!
Why a shoebox other than convenience of travel?
If other cake pan (which?) used, what is baking temp?
This is a recipe published on april fools' day. It's entirely true and doable- like, the recipe works and nothing catches fire- but it's meant to be silly, just for fun.
You preheat the oven to 250 degrees. A regular 9"x13" pan could be used. Probably this recipe was derived from the WWII era, then government rationed food & other items. Metals were in shortage & not being produced. Also, we were just recovering from a depression before the war. Pots & pans, tin cans, old cars, bikes, etc., were collected & donated in scrap drives for the war effort. I imagine baking pans were included--it makes sense this is where the recipe came from.
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