What type of cakes did the have on ve day?

Answer 1

Since rationing was in force cakes sugar, eggs, butter and milk were in short supply and margarine was also rationed though less strictly than butter.

Carrot cakes were extremely popular as they use less sugar and carrots could be home grown and so had good availability. They also work relatively well made with oil or margarine rather than butter.

Honey might be used to substitute for sugar. Milk would be powdered and maybe thinned with water. Eggs would be powdered if they were used at all, some cake recipes from the time rely on bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to create a raise.

Pureed apples, grown in Britain, could be used to help sweeten a cake and would also help make it moist in the absence of butter. A tarter apple would also react with bicarb to help the cake rise without eggs.

Dried fruit such as raisins and sultanas could help provide some flavour and sweetness.

The cakes would be plain, not iced.

Answer 2

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