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Orange Soda & Chocolate Black Cat Cake, 1962 – Vintage Halloween Recipe Test
Whew! Well, I have to admit that this Halloween post is more of a treat than a trick, but after the scary gelatin countdown last week, I figured we could all use a little breather. So I made a cake. This is Black Cat Cake! This recipe is...
The 11 Scariest Vintage Gelatins For Your Mid-Century Halloween Party
To top off our Halloween countdown, I bring you creepy gelatin. First of all, I just want to put it out there that I am in no way – no way – advocating serving a hideous mid-century gelatin to your party guests this Halloween. Because, come on. It would be ridiculous....
Banana Spook Cake – A Vintage Halloween Recipe Re-Run
To keep the theme of freaky mid-century food going, I bring you the most hilarious cake we’ve ever made here on the blog: Banana Spook Cake. This thing is funny on so many levels, but mostly on the level of bananas sticking out of things. I mean, come on. Who can...
Curly Franks, 1964 – A Mid-Century Recipe Re-Run
‘Tis the season of frights and spooks and Halloween mayhem! For October I thought I would highlight some the the more…creep-tastic of our recipes. Some of these were supposed to be Halloween-themed, and some of them just happen to turn out like that. This is a good...
Concord Grape Pie With Crumb Topping – A Mid-Century Recipe Re-Run
It’s grape season again, so I thought I would trot out this pie in case anyone else here has a bumper crop of grapes this year and needs to use them up. Or if you just want to make a deliciously grape-y pie. Yum! This year I decided to take some of our grape-harvest...
Peanut Butter Gelatin Squares, 1950–A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Because I have nothing better to do and I enjoy hands-on gelatin research, this week I decided to mix gelatin with peanut butter. These are Peanut Butter Squares! Apparently, they are a Candy Recipe DeLuxe! For the curious, this is from a...
Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake From The Archives – Again!
I think I run this post every year, but this cake is seriously that good and we make it all the time! Since it is apple season here in Michigan and I am breaking out the tested and delicious apple recipes from my collection, I thought I would remind everyone how good...
Black Magic Chocolate Cake Made With Condensed Tomato Soup – A Mid-Century Recipe Re-Run
So, after last week’s prune-chili sauce-gelatin debacle, I think we all need some comfort food. Since that was arguably the worst recipe we have ever made, I’ve decided to follow it up with the BEST recipe we have ever made here on the blog. If you don’t believe me,...
California Prune Cream Salad, 1934 – A Mid-Century Gelatin Recipe Test
So, if you have been following our Facebook page, you may have seen a preview of this lovely thing this week. Apparently, since Tom had nothing better to do, he convinced me to try the most disgusting mid-century gelatin recipe we have ever found. This is California...
The Food of Astronaut Wives Club Episode 9: “The Dark Side” Part II – Behind the Scenes With Food Stylist Emily Marshall
Welcome back to another week of food from behind the scenes of Astronauts Wives Club!!! This is Part II of Episode 9 (you can see Part I here), which was an episode so jam-packed with vintage food I had to split it into two huge posts. This week we have lots of...
Bacon Big Boys, 1968 – A Vintage Recipe Re-Run
I was strolling through the archives recently when I found this post, which I had surprisingly forgotten about. Shocking, I know. Who could forget about so much bacon? Well, since I had, I assume all of you have as well. So I am busting this back out, mostly because...
The Food of Astronaut Wives Club Episode 9: “The Dark Side” Part I – Behind the Scenes With Food Stylist Emily Marshall
Welcome back to another week of food from behind the scenes of Astronauts Wives Club!!! Episode 9 is crazy with vintage food. So much food, in fact, that I have to split Episode 9 into two parts so it all fits! So, enjoy a meatloaf moon and a rocket ship cake, and...
