Recipes

Cinnamon Topping

Recipe No. 104 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Cakes and Cookies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Desserts

Serves 2¼ pounds mixture
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 104 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Cakes and Cookies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Ingredients

  • Cinnamon — 1¼ ounces (5 mess kit spoons)
  • Sugar, granulated — 2¼ pounds (1½ mess kit cups)

Directions

Key ingredients

Cinnamon

  1. Mix cinnamon and sugar.
  2. Sprinkle generously over cake batter before baking.

Notes

SCALED TO 8 SERVINGS (the original is ÷12.5): Cinnamon — about ⅔ tsp Sugar, granulated — 3 oz

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 104, Cakes and Cookies. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.