by RetroRuth | Dec 2, 2015 | Best & Worst, Christmas, Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Holiday, The BEST
The fantastic and furious Christmas season is upon us! I should feel guilty for busting out the cookies so early on you guys, but I really don’t. I am going to try to repost all of my favorite holiday treats this year so I can bring you some new tested treats before...
by RetroRuth | Nov 18, 2015 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving, The BEST
I know, I know. I have re-run this recipe before, but this pie is just So. Dang. Good. Seriously! This recipe has everything. It is vintage, it has a little bit of magic (the ingredients re-arrange themselves in the oven) AND it tastes amazing. What more can you...
by RetroRuth | Nov 11, 2015 | Desserts, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving, The BEST
This is it!! It’s the biggest eating season of the year! After we finish off all the Halloween candy in the house, it’s pretty much a gorge-fest until Valentine’s Day. And if you are going to eat four times your weight in food this holiday season, why not make it...
by RetroRuth | Oct 28, 2015 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Halloween, Holiday, The BEST
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! From Betty Feezor, 1962 [cooked-sharing]...
by RetroRuth | Oct 14, 2015 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Halloween, Holiday
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...
by RetroRuth | Sep 30, 2015 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Pie, The BEST
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...
