Zebra Cake (a.k.a. Wacky Cake)

Recently, a friend of mine had a birthday…so I made her this cake. 

What’s so special about this cake? you may ask. Well, this recipe for chocolate cake goes all the way back to the Great Depression. I usually call it the Great Depression cake, but as a blog post title, that’s not exactly enthralling. This cake is also called Crazy Cake or Wacky Cake–and today I decided to call it Zebra Cake.