Cake in a Shoe Box

Published March 29, 1994

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4 hours
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Ingredients

Yield:24 servings
  • 1 pound honey-cinnamon graham crackers

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 6 eggs, lightly beaten

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 2 cups milk

  • ½ pound sweet butter, melted

  • 1 ½ cups walnuts, coarsely chopped

  • 1 ½ cups pecans, coarsely chopped

  • 7 ounces grated coconut

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Nutritional analysis per serving (24 servings)

36 grams carbs; 62 milligrams cholesterol; 366 calories; 7 grams monosaturated fat; 7 grams polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 24 grams fat; 3 grams fiber; 155 milligrams sodium; 5 grams protein; 23 grams sugar

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

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

  2. Step 2

    Roll crackers to make fine crumbs, either with a rolling pin or in a food processor.

  3. Step 3

    In a large bowl, blend crumbs with baking powder, eggs, sugar, milk, butter, walnuts, pecans and coconut until thoroughly incorporated.

  4. 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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