With my birthday coming up (yikes, way too fast), I thought I’d splurge and focus on my favorite dessert, Boston Cream Pie. The purported history of Boston Cream Pie makes for fascinating reading and includes red herrings such as cream puffs made in Boston and a type of cakey jelly roll. The foreshadowing of Boston… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Boston Cream Pie
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Vintage Friday: Peanut Butter Cookies with Pizzazz
These are from a time of “hurry up” but inventive and delicious sweets. In the 1980s microwaves became common and helped save time and keep the kidlings content. The recipes have a certain amount of whimsy, which I love. KISS ME KATE Ingredients: 1 large egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup crunchy peanut butter, about… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Peanut Butter Cookies with Pizzazz
Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714
Cheese-Cake 1714 Recently I’ve begun writing a romance set in the Georgian Period, which includes but starts a century before the popular Regency Period. I’m working on the book slowly as part of the Tuesday Tales blogging group, where we write snippets to word and picture prompts. This goes well with my fascination with old… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714
Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine 1958
Be My Valentine Do you recall the excitement back in elementary school of the annual valentine celebration? The idea was to exchange child-sized valentine cards with each person in your class. After your mother bought home a new package of cards for you, part of the fun was to choose a card for each of… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine 1958
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: Old Time Candy 1905
These marvelous vintage recipes are from a public domain cookbook from 1905 entitled Sloan’s Cookbook and Advice to Housekeepers. Notice how these old recipes assume that the cook pretty much knows what she is doing. The recipes are not given in the step by step format we are accustomed to today. The variant spelling of… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Old Time Candy 1905
Vintage Friday: Pumpkin Cookies 1959
In the frenzy of everyday life, do you enjoy making time for special holiday activities? Maybe crocheting handmade gifts or baking batches of delicious, aromatic cookies for the whole family to appreciate? I do. I find it’s the perfect time to deviate from the usual busy bustle and partake of pursuits that feed our souls… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Pumpkin Cookies 1959
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: Pink Pie 1959
Sometimes a person gets into a pink mood. I think of it as longing for the simple early girlhood days of coloring, playing hopscotch and jacks, cutting out paper dolls, and baking treats in a pink Easy Bake Oven. Today we’re celebrating my pink mood with a tantalizing confection that’s as tasty as it is… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Pink Pie 1959
Vintage Friday: Romania 1963
I am excited and honored to present a special Vintage Friday for you written by friend and fellow author Carmen Stefanescu. Carmen lives in Dracula’s Country of Romania and is wonderfully informative on many topics, including literature, music, hidden mysteries, and mythology. She is sharing insights about her home country as it was in 1963 and… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Romania 1963