Blackout cake

Blackout cake

Blackout cake
Type	Cake
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Brooklyn
Created by	Ebinger's Bakery
Invented	1942

Blackout cake, sometimes called Brooklyn Blackout cake, is a chocolate cake filled with chocolate pudding and topped with chocolate cake crumbs. It was invented during World War II by a Brooklyn bakery chain named Ebinger's, ^{[1] [2]} in recognition of the mandatory blackouts to protect the Brooklyn Navy Yard. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

After the war, the name persisted for a very dark chocolate cake and became common across the American Midwest. ^[6] Ebinger's variety was very popular and became a signature offering, popular with Brooklyn residents, ^[7] until the chain of more than fifty locations closed on April 2, 1972. ^{[4] [5] [8] [9]}

See also

• List of desserts
• Foodportal

References

1. "Ebinger's Bakery Still Expanding On 50th Birthday". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 6, 1948. p. 20. Retrieved February 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
2. Kappstatter, Bob (April 2, 1977). "Mr. Arthur Left Many Sweet Memories". New York Daily News. p. B40. Retrieved February 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. O'Neill, Molly (1992). New York Cookbook . Workman Publishing. pp.  52–56. ISBN   978-0-89480-698-8.
4. "The Ultimate Chocolate of Brooklyn's Blackout Cake". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
5. "The history of Brooklyn blackout cake: German bakeries and WWII drills | 6sqft" . Retrieved 2024-12-14.
6. Byrn, Anne (2016). American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes. Rodale. p. 170.
7. Klivans, Elinor (2012). Chocolate Cakes: 50 Great Cakes for Every Occasion. Chronicle Books. p. 87.
8. Kaplan, Morris (Aug 26, 1972). "Bankrupt Ebinger Bakeries to Close". The New York Times.
9. O'Neill, Molly (June 5, 1991). "The Cake Box From Heaven (Brooklyn, of Course) Is Back". The New York Times. p. C1. Retrieved February 18, 2022– via nytimes.com.