r/PovertyFinanceNZ

The legendary Alice Taylor shows excellent cheap recipes on her Instagram & TikTok
She has amazing cake recipes - have tried a few. I have been making the Depression Chocolate Cake and it is great for kids’ snacks. While family loves it, great save money on treats.

I made 2 of these yesterday, made 48 portions which I froze down individually in re-usable snack bags.

Cost: less than $2 nzd (approx) for the whole cake!

Ingredients
1 cup hot coffee or boiling water
¼ cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
½ cup oil
1 tbsp vinegar
1½ cups plain flour
1 tsp baking soda

Method
Whisk together coffee, cocoa, sugar, oil and vinegar.
Add the flour and baking soda and mix until just combined.
Pour into a lined cake tin and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for around 40 minutes, or until a skewer when inserted in the middle comes out clean.
For the syrup (optional):
Mix together ½ cup sugar, ½ cup boiling water and ¼ cup cocoa until smooth.
Piece holes in the cake when it comes out of the oven and drizzle the syrup on while the cake is still warm.

Hey Everyone!

First time posting in here but I’m in a situation this week. I had an appointment with a hand specialist last week and this week as my knuckles swole on one hand to the point I couldn’t bend any fingers out of nowhere.

I’m on the mend and have a diagnoses but the appointments plus the non subsides prescriptions ending up costing about a grand all up which was most of my savings as I’ve also moved to a new flat last month.

I have $23 remaining until payday on Thursday and all I currently have is a 6 pack of sausages and a loaf of bread. I understand that I’ll be going hungry but it is what it is, but what do you guys think the most effective use of my money is?

Cheers, ☺️

(Edit, due to an amazing human being on here, I will be good till payday, I honestly can’t thank them enough or the rest of you all for your advice and suggestions, next week I will be paying it forward on here as they didn’t want to be repaid. I’ve never been treated so kindly may have had a bit of a cry in my car on break)