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Nun’s Golden Butter Cake – Eight Days of Lamb Cake
Happy Easter, Everyone! I don't know what happened with this guy, but he ended up looking a bit more like a puppy than a lamb! Either way, this is lamb cake number 8, Nun's Golden Butter cake. This cake recipe came from a 1968 issue of Mail Box News from Maid of...
The Joy of Cooking Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
It's Day #7, and here is the seventh lamb cake! The recipe for this cute little guy was sent to me by Laura, who writes: I am writing on behalf of my mother Susan who read about your Lamb Cake issues. She wants you to know that she uses the recipe from Joy of...
Lady Baltimore Lambie Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
Are you sick of lamb cakes yet? Well, you'd better hang in there because we have two more days to go! This is yet another recipe from Martha K.! I am telling you, she sent me some awesome stuff! This is a Lady Baltimore version of the Lambie Cake, and I chose this...
Martha Meade Lamb Cake – Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
Look at this face!!! This adorable face belongs to lamb cake number 5, Martha Meade's Lamb Cake. This is yet another recipe that came from the huge stash of recipes from Martha K. (Hi, Martha!) and I picked this one to try out because it has something that not many...
My Upcoming Radio Interviews and A Vintage Television Studio Camera
Exciting news, guys! I am going to be on the radio! Tomorrow morning, (April 5th) I am going to be on the Joy Cardin show on Wisconsin Public Radio starting at 8:00 am Central Time for an hour chatting about vintage recipes, lamb cake and The Mid-Century Menu....
Pope Family Lamb Cake – Eight Days Of Lamb Cakes
Welcome to Day 4 of our 8 Eight Days of lamb cakes! I hope you guys are enjoying the tested recipes! Today we have a great one, which was sent to us by Natalie Pope. Cute, huh? Natalie writes: Ms. Clark: I saw the article in today's WSJ. I have been making...
The Albin Family Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
Here it is, the lamb cake from Day 3! The recipe for the lamb was sent to me by J. Albin, and the frosting recipe was sent to me by Mrs. Selerke: As you can see, we were a little impatient to try this one. Tom started gnawing on it’s rear before I could even get the...
Renalde Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
Welcome to Day 2 of The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes! Today we have a great cake that was sent to me by Martha K. Martha writes: Dear Ruth, I decided today to look in my box of Mama's recipes and I discovered that she too had been on a quest for the perfect Lamb Cake...
Trish’s Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes
Welcome to the Eight Days of Lamb Cakes! And no, this is not an April Fool’s joke. I really am going to be posting a lamb cake a day from now until Easter. Tom and I did a ton of baking, testing and note-making, and now you guys get to reap the benefits! As with...
10 Tips For The Perfect Retro Easter Lamb “Lambie” Cake
It’s Lamb Cake time!!! For the last two weeks I have been baking lamb cake after lamb cake in my grandmother’s vintage lamb cake pan. Why? Well, after this story came out in the Wall Street Journal, a ton of wonderful people emailed and snail-mailed me vintage recipes...
Bonus Post and The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook Giveaway
Since this week’s Mid-Century Menu is made and posted already, I am kind of at a loss about what to talk to you about! I mean, if you haven’t read the post from the Mad Men Virtual Dinner Party, you should totally go back and do that. I made date nut bread from...
Date Nut Bread – The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook Virtual Dinner Party
After the Peanut Butter Bread debacle of last week, I decided it was time to get back on the mid-century recipe horse and try quick bread again. But which recipe? I dug through cookbooks. I flipped through magazines. I even got out my collection of recipe cards. I...