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 | Feb 23, 2012 | MCMenu Fun
I was in The Wall Street Journal today with a mention of The Mid-Century Menu and some pictures of my annual Easter Lamb Cake! I am at the end of the awesome article Playing Kitchen Detective: Home Cooks Try to Recreate Family Recipes. My annual quest for the perfect...
by RetroRuth | May 1, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, Vintage Food Photography
Apparently, making a lamb cake from your lamb pan is for losers!!! Introducing: Pup on Pillow, Puss in Boots, Holiday Stag and Fawn for Easter. No “lambs” here! From Good Housekeeping’s Cake Book, 1958
by RetroRuth | Apr 27, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
Hello again and welcome to another fun vintage recipe test!!! This week we have a very important and serious thing to talk about. Lamb Cake. Every year since I have been about 16 I have tried to make a cake in the shape of a lamb for Easter. I inherited a fantastic...
