Australia WW2 Soldiers 'Willow' Cake Tin

Made in pressed tin this tin was used to send soldiers a naked cake from home. A butterless, eggless cake recipe, published in The Age in 1944, substituted lard for butter. It had a footnote pointing out that this cake fits the soldier's cake tin and further investigation revealed that Willow manufactured such tins in their thousands during World War II. In kitchens all over Australia, women baked fruit cakes and shipped them in their Willow tins to husbands, sons and sweethearts on active service.