Mocha Whip

I have waved goodbye the egg leaflet issued by the Ministry of Food and have moved on to some other wonderful WW2 meal suggestions.

For dinner tonight we had salad, made largely from vegetables I have grown on our balcony (when rationing, any small amount of in house food production counts). This left a vacant window for desert and I was tempted by mocha whip. Coffee flavoured deserts or cakes would never be my first option off the menu but they do have a 1970s feel which is slightly endearing. However, I do like coffee and although not as popular in the 1940s as it is today, coffee was incredibly hard to come by and rarely available at the shop. Luckily, I have plenty of coffee in the cupboard and embarked on the mocha whip.

Mix 8oz of flour with 3oz of sugar and a table spoon of cocoa. Meanwhile make a pint of hot coffee and slowly combine with the dry ingredients until it forms a paste. Then add the rest of the coffee and bring to the boil in a saucepan for 5 minutes until it thickens and the raw flour taste has been removed. Whip up and place in glasses, serves 4.

This is quite an odd creation. Firstly, it has a coffee taste, but due to the flour has a very heavy, gelatinous consistency that makes eating more than two mouthfuls quite difficult. It has quite a strong flavour, so again not sure it would really be popular with children. Yet, if you like coffee deserts, maybe give it a go. I doubt you will need seconds.