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Chocolate-marshmallow cake is a light cocoa sponge baked in a jelly roll pan and topped with billowy marshmallow frosting. An old-fashioned American layer cake with the feel of a campfire s'more.

Old-fashioned brown sugar crumb cake uses a single mixture for both the cake and the crumb topping. A coffee-cake classic with cinnamon spice and a streusel-like crown, dusted with powdered sugar.

Vintage spice cake layered with sweet stewed figs and crowned with vanilla frosting and toasted coconut. This retro two-layer beauty transforms humble ingredients into pure nostalgia.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

Eggless cocoa cake made with no butter, milk, or eggs. A depression-era style chocolate cake using vinegar and baking soda for lift, baked in a tube pan. Naturally vegan.

Crazy cake (also called wacky cake or depression cake) needs no eggs, no milk, no butter. Mixed straight in the pan with vinegar for chemistry-class lift. A Depression-era favorite.

Granny cake is a no-fuss pineapple sheet cake with a brown sugar nut topping baked on, then soaked with a hot vanilla milk glaze. A vintage dump-and-stir recipe with no butter in the batter.

Honey cake made with buttermilk, ginger, and cinnamon, baked low and slow in two layers. A dense, fragrant spiced cake where honey is the star, not just a supporting player.

Lake Highlands rock cake: layers of genoise-style chocolate sponge, crisp cocoa meringue, rum syrup, and rich chocolate mousse topped with whipped cream. A showstopper dessert.

So fabulous! The longer it sits in the fridge, the better it tastes!

Glazed coffee cake with a crunchy Grape-Nuts cereal and instant coffee streusel layered inside a moist sour cream batter, topped with a brewed coffee glaze. Retro and uniquely crunchy.

Apple cake with a cinnamon-nut streusel topping, chopped apples folded into a brown sugar batter with sour milk. A tender, spiced sheet cake for fall baking.

Gift cake: a birthday sheet cake decorated to look like a wrapped present, with coconut "paper," strawberry preserves filling, and a gumdrop bow. Perfect kid's party centerpiece.

Buttery, sweet, sour, fruity, and nutty, you can find all these yumminess in this apple tea cake. Feel free to use other fruits to replace apples.

Winner of the 1991 Michigan Chocolate Cake Contest Created by Linda Theil

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania ginger cakes with molasses, brown sugar, and a butter-lard shortening blend baked in muffin pans. Dense, spicy, and rich with that deep molasses flavor.