Depression cake

noun

A kind of cake, common during the Depression and still baked today, that used little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar (as these were expensive or unobtainable).

Similar
poor man's cake
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Meanings

nounDepression cake (countable and uncountable, plural Depression cakes)

plural Depression cakes

  1. countableuncountableA kind of cake, common during the Depression and still baked today, that used little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar (as these were expensive or unobtainable).

    Synonyms: poor man's cake

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of cake, common during the Depression and still baked today, that used little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar (as these were expensive or unobtainable).

Similar
poor man's cake
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APA

Depression cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Depression%20cake

MLA

“Depression cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Depression%20cake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Depression cake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Depression%20cake.

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