Vintage Friday: Coca Cola Cake 1972

Welcome to the party!  All the rage in the 1960s and 1970s, a coca cola cake is easy to make and includes a delicious icing that stiffens up and becomes candy-like as it sets.  COCA COLA CAKE   2 cups plain flour 2 cups sugar 2 sticks butter 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup Coca Cola 1/2… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Coca Cola Cake 1972

Vintage Friday: Spooky Treats 1972

Got the neighborhood kids rounded up in your living room? For a vintage Halloween party, try these spooky treats from 1972. ZOMBIE ALE Ingredients: 3 quarts orange sherbet, 5 quarts chilled ginger ale, maraschino cherries and grapes. Directions: Insert large chunks of orange sherbet into chilled punch bowl. Pour ginger ale over the sherbet. Garnish… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Spooky Treats 1972

Vintage Friday: Ch–Ch–Ch– Changes 1972

In 1972 my beloved husband Ronnie and I were enjoying our first year of married life. With him working and me in college, we lived in our first little home in Weeki Wachee. I drove all the way to St. Pete for school. All around us changes were going on, some earthshaking to everyone at… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Ch–Ch–Ch– Changes 1972