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Article: Graham cracker takes the cake in popularity
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 3, 1989
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If I were to evaluate popularity by the number of recipe
responses sent in to Swap Shop, graham cracker cake definitely is a
reader favorite. But unlike other cake classics for which there is
one basic recipe, the variations on graham cracker cake are endless.
It can be made as a sheet cake, in a fluted tube pan, as a layer cake
or as a torte. Some cooks serve it plain; others doll it up with
custard fillings or nuts and coconut.
The cake has the sweet-spicy molasses taste of the graham
crackers and the traditional lightness of standard cakes. However,
because the recipes use little to no flour, the cake is delicate. It