Wow my sister and I were just talking about that bar cake recently. I have not found anything on the market that is the same and always wondered why someone did not come out with it again. Thanks for the receipe. I will be sending it to my sister and trying it myself very soon.

That was my fathers favorite cake we had an A&P at the bottom of our street. Thanks for the recipe

i told mom about this last night and she was so excited. She said she had a recipe for it but doesn't know where it is. First question was why didn't i write it down for her! lol Definitely going to make this for labor day. Mom doesn't do as much baking as she used to - Dad used to make the best chocolate chip cookies you ever want to taste but sadly he has not been able to (dementia/alzheimers) Miss those cookies! None of us have been able to make them like he did - he put a special ingredient in them - Love! Of course after he made a batch he would divide them up and mom and him would go on cookie runs. Everyone got their own bag of cookies! Didn't mean to go on like that but it hasn't been a good weekend with Dad and i guess I needed to let a memory out!

I sure do remember the A & P and the Spanish Bar Cake.

Where I live in Canada, our A & P stores are now called Metro. I can remember buying the SBC when they were still A&P...possibly 5-7yrs ago? (don't quote me on time frame...lol)

Thank you so much for the recipe. That is one cake dh loves!

I remember, but ours in NJ were baked by Jane Parker and wrapped in celophane and sold along with the bread. We didn't have bakeries in the A&Ps. I LOVED that cake and have been looking for recipe. The icing was sort of marshmallowy as I remember. Thanks for the recipe

on my goodness! you are bad for me! has been so long that I have had a fresh spanish bar. thanks you for the recipe!

The first thing I thought of when I read spanish bar cake was that my mother would send me to the A&P to get some when they were on sale for 3/$1.00. There were 8 of us kids, so we only got some when they were on sale!!!

yeah! 3/1.00 they were so good too.

I am glad all of you are having good memories about these Spanish Bar Cakes. That was certainly a different life then. So much calmer and more peaceful. Do you think that if we all start making these Spanish Bar Cakes it would being more peace to world? Just wishful thinking. I haven't made mine yet and this is a new recipe for me, but I have all the ingredients and will make it soon. Thank all of you for sharing such a nice trip down memory lane.
Jo Ann

Thank you so much. I love this cake and yes we bought it at the A&P as a kid. Recently I had found it at Weis every once in a while. Brings back lots of memories. Can't wait to try it.

More peaceful, I'd like to think so. Since I'll be eating this entire cake, not too sure.lol Everyone will have to fight for a piece of the first one, maybe they'll get a piece of the second one. Thanks for the recipe and the memories.

I see walnuts are optional. It's been so long, do ya'll think there were walnuts in their cakes?

Glad you remembered there has to be the lines in the frosting. Just wouldn't taste the same without the lines!lol