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Sour Cream Cake Mix Lamb Cake – A Vintage Recipe Test
Welcome to Easter Week everyone! This week I was very excited about my 7th Annual Lamb Cake Reader’s Submissions and Giveaway, so I decided to make a lamb cake. Just to get into the spirit. And thank you to Alex and my mom, who contributed the excellent decorating...
It’s Time For Lamb Cakes: Tips, Recipes, The 7th Annual Reader’s Lamb Cake Gallery and Giveaway!
It’s my favorite time of the year! Time to bust out the lamb cake pans and see what you guys and gals (and your lambs!) are made of. (Last year’s coffee-flavored Man’s Cake Lamb Cake!) Send me your 2018 Lamb Cake photos so I can post them here on the blog for everyone...
Corned Beef Supper Snacks, 1932 – A Vintage Recipe Test
Well, I hope you all have something exciting planned this year for St. Patrick’s Day. If not, maybe you can get crazy by making a vintage St. Patrick’s Day dinner. And I have just the thing for you to try. May I present to you… Corned Beef Supper Snacks!...
Cherry Chocolate Ice Box Dessert, 1963 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Who is ready for a huge, floofy fluffball of a dessert? This is Cherry Chocolate Ice Box Dessert! This recipe is from the Desserts Volume of the Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers recipes collection. The version I have is from 1963,...
Cheese And Bean Loaf, 1930 – A Vintage Recipe Test
Happy Friday! Who wants some beans? Some beans in the shape of a loaf? This is Cheese and Bean Loaf! This recipe is from a recipe book put out by Lea & Perrins (yes, the ones that make Worcestershire sauce) called Success in Seasonings...
Loverboy Pudding Cake,1973 – A Vintage Recipe Test
Happy Valentine’s Day! Who is ready for some pudding cake? This is Loverboy Pudding Cake! This recipe comes from a fun set of pamphlets/cookbook inserts that Bisquick put out in the 70’s. The insert this recipe comes from is called “Two In...
Frito Macaroons, 1947 – A Vintage Recipe Test
I’ve already made cookies with potato chips on this blog, so this week I decided to make cookies with corn chips! These are Frito Macaroons! This is from a 32-page pamphlet called Recipes and Menus For All Occasions published in 1947 and it...
Marshmallow Chill, 1955 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This week we are trying to figure out if the addition of lime gelatin will make marshmallows and celery taste good together. This is Marshmallow Chill! This recipe is from Knudsen Recipes For Greater Food Value (eBay link) which is a lovely...
Soup Cakes,1959 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
So, I’ve been threatening to do this for a few years now, but I finally went ahead and did it yesterday. I made Soup Cakes! This recipe is from a 1959 Aunt Jemima pamphlet entitled Pancakes Unlimited. We used this a few years ago to make some...
Jubilee Meat Loaf, 1959 – A Vintage Recipe Test
This week we are making meatloaf! This is Jubilee Meat Loaf! This is from the Ralston pamphlet, Recipes From Checkerboard Square from 1959, which contains a bunch of recipes that have lots of cereal in them. It’s pretty great. But honestly,...
Hellmann’s Frosty Slaw Man Salad – A Vintage Christmas Recipe Test
Back when I shared the fabulous Mt. Fuji gelatin, I told you about a second project I’d assigned to Carolyn and her scientist friends. And by “project”, I of course mean ridiculous gelatin. This Christmas week, snuggle up in your comfiest chair, grab yourself a warm...
Cracker Jills, 1971 – A Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipe Test
I seriously love this time of year. It is time for cookies! And these are Cracker Jills! Super, super cute name on these. I was interested to see if they would taste like Cracker Jack! This recipe is from the most hallowed and revered...
