A line-up of 10 vintage cakes for your holiday baking — from quick-and-easy to wow-factor-fancy. So put your Santa hat on and crank up the Sinatra tunes ’cause we’re whipping up some memory moments for your friends and family with these homemade fan favorites . Continue reading
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Fudge Sponge Drop Cookies for the Holiday Cookie Exchange Party
Double fudge filling for these old-fashioned crisp little sponge drop cookies made from a simple sponge cake recipe. Time for a holiday cookie and cook book exchange party with food writers! Continue reading
Mother’s Tea Cup Cake — Vintage Tea Cup and Blueberries Required
This recipe starts with your favorite china teacup and ends with a super moist sour cream blueberry muffin. You’ll have a blast along the way reactivating cake baking history! Continue reading
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Clove Cake for the Culinary Historians’ Yosemite Gathering
We’re resurrecting history (and repairing it a bit along the way) with Edith Roosevelt’s charming turn-of-the-Century Clove Cake. It’s a way old-fashioned historic cake crafted with a dark molasses batter then locked and loaded with sweet seedless raisins. It’s sprinkled with homemade caramelized ginger, although you could drizzle it with lemon hard sauce instead (and soak the raisins in brandy or vanilla) for an extra flavor punch. Continue reading
Let’s Wrestle Gnarly Ginger Root into a Sassy Sweet Holiday Treat
I’m going to show you how strange and cool this fresh ginger thing is! And how easy it is to create a small batch of homemade caramelized ginger for super special treats or for holiday kitchen gifts using just fresh ginger and sugar! Hold on to your hipster hats – ’cause we’re going to kick up that old-fashioned slow food tradition a flavor notch or two! Continue reading
The Vintage Villain — A Chocolate Ale Sllyabub Cake Recipe with Homemade Ale Ice Cream
Our Vintage Villain Cake recipe makes for a stylish chocolate ale celebration! It’s crafted with a secret potion, slathered with ganache and topped with our homemade ale ice cream! Perfect for a Vintage Villain Movie Party! Continue reading
Miss Leslie’s Boston Cake — A Delightful Vintage Sherry Butter Cake Recipe
The slow-baked vintage Boston Cake makes a modern entrance with a sherry and orange kick! Serve it country-style with a powdered sugar sprinkle or top it with fresh berries and a delightful heirloom vanilla custard frosting. Oh yeah! Continue reading
Miss Rubie-Lee’s Dangerous Red Velvet Cake Recipe with Baby Beets, Strawberries and Honey
Dangerously moist and decadent vintage-style red velvet cake baked up with a few old-fashioned twists like baby red beets, strawberries, ricotta cheese and honey. And did I mention the drizzle of heirloom custard meringue frosting and the plated cake with strawberries and cream? We’ve got a wow berry celebration going on and hoping you’ll join us to bake this cake! Continue reading