Hearty Corned Beef Salad – A Mid-Century St. Patrick’s Day Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Mar 12, 2014 | Beef, Holiday, Main Dishes, St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here! And what better way to celebrate then with a corned beef gelatin mold! This is Hearty Corned Beef Salad. And yes, I’m serious. Hearty Corned Beef Salad Author: Betty Crocker Step by Step Recipes, 1975 Ingredients 1 cup boiling water 1...

Frozen Valentine Rounds – A Vintage Gelatin Recipe Re-Run

by RetroRuth | Feb 12, 2014 | Hello Jell-O, Holiday, Valentine's Day

This week I dug into the archives to pull out a Valentine’s Day gelatin, because I am pretty sure it doesn’t get much better than a pink gelatin mold with marshmallows in it. Much better than chocolate, right? Anyway, this recipe originally ran in February of 2012,...

No-Bake Festive Fruit Cake, 1953 – The Five Days of Vintage Fruit Cake

by RetroRuth | Dec 23, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday

This is it! The final day of The Five Days of Fruit Cake! And that is pretty funny, because we are ending this on a non-cake note. Unless you consider an icebox cake a cake. No-Bake Festive Fruit Cake Author: California Raisin Board, 1953 Ingredients 1/2 cup PET...

Ever-So-Easy Fruit Cake, 1972 – The Five Days of Vintage Fruit Cake

by RetroRuth | Dec 22, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday

It’s Day Four of The Five Days of Fruit Cake, and today we have a fruit cake made of sweetened condensed milk and corn flakes. Which is a little crazy. Ever-So-Easy Fruit Cake Author: Borden, 1972 Ingredients 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1...

M-m-m Good Fruit Cake With Condensed Tomato Soup, 1951 – The Five Days of Fruit Cake

by RetroRuth | Dec 21, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday

Welcome to the third day of The Five Days of Fruit Cake! Today we have a fruit cake that I think everyone is just going to love. Wait…you guys love condensed tomato soup in your fruit cakes, right? Well, if you do, then the M-m-m Good Fruit Cake might be for you!...

White Mystery Fruit Cake – The Five Days of Vintage Fruit Cake

by RetroRuth | Dec 20, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday

Welcome to Day Two of the Five Days of Fruit Cake! There are many, many reasons why I picked today’s fruit cake for testing. The first reason is because it has the name “mystery” in the title. Whenever recipes have the word “mystery” or “surprise” in the title, I...