Every day I watch the stock market fluctuate and my heart races when it dips. Our economy is screwed and my hard-earned retirement savings are now half of what it had been just months ago. Obviously, I’m not alone and we all are experiencing a variety of economic issues in our lives. I’ve resisted the urge to speak my mind about politics on my blog … *sigh* … and I’m continuing to resist the urge now … but I can hardly wait for next Tuesday’s Presidential election.

On a positive (and food-related) note, I held my ‘Making History’ event on my other blog where readers made an old recipe and shared their results (view recipe round-up) . Ginny from Just Get Floury enlisted her mother to participate (how cool is that?) and her recipe struck a chord with me. Ginny’s mother shared a recipe she lost and later found for ‘Depression Cake‘ (also known as Fruitcake Bars). I remember having something very similar while growing up but we called it simply, Snacking-Cake. I decided it would be the perfect thing to make this week to take my mind off the economy.
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