Kladdkaka recently as 1968. Kladdkaka Kladdkaka (lit. Gooey/messy cake but more commonly known as "chocolate mud cake") is a type of Swedish cake. This dense sticky chocolate cake is similar to a brownie and has a soft and gooey center. It is sometimes eaten with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and raspberries. The origin of the cake is uncertain, but it may have been inspired by the brownie or a French chocolate cake recipe; one theory is that it originated during World War 2, when baking soda was difficult to get hold of in Sweden, but it may also have
Red velvet cake was a description used to let consumers know the dessert was a soft and velvety crumb cake. During that same time devil's food cake was introduced, which is how some believe that red velvet cake came about. The difference between the two cakes is that devil's food cake uses chocolate and red velvet cake uses cocoa. When foods were rationed during World War II, bakers used boiled beet juices to enhance the color of their cakes. Beets are found in some red velvet cake recipes. Beets were and are in some recipes used as a filler or to retain moisture.Adams