We’re roasting fresh pumpkins for a light and lovely vintage pumpkin spice cake recipe drizzled in homemade orange-pumpkin frosting! It’s sure to punch up your holiday party with a delightful homemade scratch cake! Continue reading
A classic 1930′s comeback cake called the Helen of Troy Orange Cake! It’s a nice historic cake recipe hipped up to way-cool! It’s lookin’ pretty, popping with bright citrus flavors and it’s unique (especially if you use the blood orange option). Oh — AND it has a delicate tangerine custard filling with a dreamy tangerine cream frosting. Yeah! Continue reading
Road trip from the city to the country for a homecoming BBQ! Time to bake a very vintage Maraschino Cherry Cake using a turn-of-the-century recipe and our very own homemade maraschino cherries! (though you can try it with store-bought maraschino cherries too!) Continue reading
White as snow vintage cake — or bright as the sunshine on your party patio! Dribble some fresh strawberries and cream over top and you’ve got a fluffy white cake that’s tender and downy just like your grandma used to make. Throw in the fact that this recipe is over a hundred years old and similar to (or better than) that airy-go-lucky Angel Food Cake and you’ll have a winning vintage cake hit on your hands! Continue reading
The Vintage Harlequin Cake! A lovely pink and chocolate and white charmer filled with delicate Strawberry Heirloom Frosting and frosted with Strawberry Whipped Cream! Short-listed for the Wow Factor, whether you use regular stacked cakes (vintage style) or go for the filled dome pans Hollywood Bowl style! Continue reading
A step-by-step vintage recipe from 1963 makes a tender buttermilk cake that gets better by the day! Continue reading
Rose-water Cupid Cakes: Re-introducing a strawberry shortcake-like recipe from the year 1888 that we’ve brightened with a hint of rose-water (you may substitute vanilla or lemon). These mini cakes are baked in little heart-shaped pans and in mini tube pans (or even muffin tins), knife-split, brushed with a Boiled Sweet Milk Syrup then dotted with homemade Italian Meringue Buttercream and strawberries slices. Goodness gracious! Continue reading
Country style Cowboy Cake made with whiskey and dark molasses — with a decadent sweet whiskey glaze and a whiskey icing slathered between each slice…and vanilla and sweetened whipped cream substitutions for the kids. Continue reading
