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Vintage Doll Cake Test for Memorial Day, Birthdays and Bridal Showers – And Decorating Them All At Alex’s Princess Doll Birthday Party!
How many of you have ever had a doll cake for your birthday? Or for your bridal shower? I never had a doll cake (though I did have plenty of lambs, rabbits and even a coveted McDonald’s birthday cake), but I always loved to look at pictures of them. And for the...
A Few Extra Lambs For You – Lamb Cake Outtakes
Every year I always have the pleasure of taking a peek into your family traditions when I receive the lamb cake photos. And sometimes readers even send me one or two extra photos, just for fun. Sometimes they are photos of cakes with their creators or kids, sometimes...
8th Annual Reader’s Lamb Cake Gallery
This is my favorite time of year! I absolutely love all the shared enthusiasm and love for the little lamb cake. I get so excited every year to see all the amazing cakes show up in my inbox. And there is always a special place in my heart for first-time lambs, or...
Boris Karloff’s Guacamole – A Vintage Recipe Test
Happy early Cinco de Mayo! This year, I am happy to bring you guacamole. And not any old guacamole, either. This week we are making Boris Karloff’s Guacamole!!! Aaaaaaaand….it’s also the same color as the Grinch! Okay, I’ll stop. So, if you...
Golden Orange Lamb Cake–A Vintage Easter Recipe Test
It’s the Lambie-est time of the year!!!! This year I decided to go all out and make a cake I’ve always wanted to try. This is Golden Orange Lamb Cake! If you are new to lamb cakes, make sure you check out my pan preparation tutorial here ,...
Get Ready For Easter Lamb Cakes: Tips, Recipes, The 8th Annual Reader’s Lamb Cake Gallery and Giveaway!
You guys. I have already started getting submissions for this year’s lamb cake contest, and I haven’t even announced it yet! So I decided it was time to get my rear in gear and do an announcement post. It’s Laaaaaaaamb Tiiiiiiiiiime! (One of the first submissions!!)...
The Cursed Irish-Italian Spaghetti – A Mid-Century Recipe Test and Tale
Gather around children, and let me tell you a frightening tale. The tale of Irish-Italian Spaghetti! It seems like this should be an easy tale, right? A really simple recipe, and also one of the most-requested recipes from the Better Homes...
Tom Vs. Corned Beef
Over years of testing recipes on Tom, a few truths have emerged: Tom really will try anything. Tom really loves me. Another, not so obvious truth is that Tom really loves corned beef. And he will basically consume it in any form he can get. So in celebration of St....
Frank-A-Roni Dinner – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Sometimes you just feel like using hot dogs to make a circle on the top of your dinner and then filling that circle with shredded cheese. What? You don’t feel like that? Well, never mind. Maybe that’s just me. In any case, this is Frank-A-Roni Dinner!! [cooked-recipe...
Salad, 1952 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
So, this was supposed to be a Valentine’s Day post, but I missed it by a week. Which is ok, since this isn’t technically a Valentine’s Day dessert. Er…salad. Valentine’s Salad. Instead of the ubiquitous strawberry, the pink in this dessert actually comes from...
Banana Bread, 1960 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Alex had a ridiculous number of snow days in a row recently, so I haven’t got much recipe testing done. But I did have some bananas that were going black, so I decided a good snow day activity would be making banana bread! This recipe is...
Cranberry Beef Tea, 1960 – A Mid-Century Drink Test
Since Tom has been under the weather lately, I decided it would be a good time to make him some tea. No wait. I thought it would be a good time to make him some beef tea. No, wait. I thought it would be a good time to make him some Cranberry Beef Tea! [cooked-recipe...
