Wartime recipes

EGGLESS, FATLESS WALNUT CAKE

4 cups of flour
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 good cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 good pinch of salt
Mix flour, sugar and walnuts together. Add salt and baking powder, then the milk. It should be slightly wetter than an ordinary cake mixture. Leave to rise for 10 minutes. Bake in a greased cake tin in a slow oven till risen and brown.

Taken from ‘What did you do in the war, mum?’ Age Exchange - try this recipe or leave us your own.