Grandma’s Wacky Cake
 
A Recipe from Elizabeth Hardinger
Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup cocoa
  • 2 teaspoons soda [baking soda]
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ⅔ cup oil
  • 2 cups cold water
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter (softened) [melted]
  • 1 cup coconut [shredded, unsweetened]
Instructions
  1. Sift dry ingredients into an ungreased 9x13-inch cake pan.
  2. Dig three holes.
  3. In first hole, put vinegar. In second hole, put vanilla. In third hole, put oil.
  4. Over the entire mixture, pour water.
  5. Stir lightly [with a fork].
  6. Bake at 350 degrees, about one hour.
  7. While cake is baking, make the frosting: mix together brown sugar, butter, and coconut. Frost cake [as soon as it is out of the oven].
  8. Put under broiler until done [the frosting bubbles] (2 or 3 minutes). Let cool before serving.
Recipe by Southern Lady Magazine at https://southernladymagazine.com/bookclub/book-selections/all-the-forgivenesses/grandmas-wacky-cake-recipe/