by RetroRuth | Apr 3, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
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...
by RetroRuth | Apr 2, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
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...
by RetroRuth | Apr 1, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
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...
by RetroRuth | Mar 28, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
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...
by RetroRuth | Mar 18, 2012 | Desserts
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...
by RetroRuth | Feb 1, 2012 | Desserts
Well, we have another dessert on the Mid-Century recipe this week because, well…I didn’t feel like making anything gross. So, you can imagine how upset I was when Tom requested rice pudding. Okay, okay. You can stop yelling. I get it. You love rice pudding. I,...
