When Mom died, she still had all the ration books for her 3 older children, Dad, his Mom and Dad, and one of Dad's brothers. They all lived together during WWII. They gave up the car during the war, and Dad never had another one.
My brother (15 yrs older than I) loved her butter rolls and he'd have one for lunch at school in his lunch pail (syrup bucket). It was homemade biscuit dough fried in a cast iron skillet like a fried pie, with a dollop of butter and sprinkle of suger inside.
Most of Mom's recipes and canning recipes listed ingredients only. No instructions.
Here's a banana nut cake that I remember with fondness. The "filling" was more of a glaze made in the cast iron skillet.
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 T. sweet milk
1/2 cup shortening
2 bananas, crushed with fork
1 t. soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
1 cup crushed pecans
2 eggs
Blend sugars and shortening. Add eggs, milk, and sifted flour, soda, and salt. Put in crushed bananas and pecans. Put in moderate oven to cook.
Filling:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup canned milk
pinch salt
few drops vanilla
Cook 1 minute. Thicken with powdered sugar and spread on cake. Put pecans on, if desired.