We’re sharing the old kitchen custom of the super moist chop-and-stir cake. Once your sweets are chopity chopped, you can quickly swirl together a sweet apple cake batter with a big wooden spoon to make an awesome cake for a crowd. Preferably using a wooden spoon with some history to it. One that’s been serving the family for years. ‘Cause there’s not one electric mixer in sight! Dust it with powdered sugar and that’s a wrap-and-take! Continue reading
Our Applejack Cake is a delightful vintage sour cream spice cake recipe that is totally loaded with a slow-cooked brown sugar and cinnamon apple pie filling then top-layered with a silky smooth sour cream frosting! 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
Looking for the best classic old-fashioned cream frosting for your holiday cake? We’ve got you covered in vintage cake style. And how about a holiday cake filling made with cranberries, strawberries and buttercream, oh yeah! Pure white cake and frosting elegance with a sweet double berry filling — that’s what special old-fashioned holiday celebrations are all about. Continue reading
Our Vintage Whipped Cream Cake recipe is a simple and delicate holiday cake filled with a sweet filling of pureed cranberries, strawberries and buttercream (that we call Berry-Berry Filling). It’s frosted in classic style with an old-fashioned silky Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting. What could be more charming for your holiday festivities than a simple and elegant homemade classic? Continue reading
Good Luck Peach Cake also served as a Remembrance Cake: Dark, rich vintage cake re-defined with fresh grated peaches, white chocolate bits, fine-chopped almonds and coconut, and served with an old fashioned Sour Cream Vanilla Frosting. Continue reading
The Casanova Charlotte…an elegant Genoese Sponge Cake filled with Heirloom Frosting, topped with Wild Blackberry Baviaran Cream and wrapped in a double fence of homemade Ladyfingers! Recipe and step-by-step photos in a 4-part series. Continue reading
Step-by-step for our blog series on this cake: A 4-layer Italian Genoese Sponge Cake layered with Heirloom Frosting and topped with chilled Wild Blackberry Bavarian Cream Mousse, dotted with fresh raspberries and blackberries, wrapped in a double fence of homemade Ladyfingers and drizzled with Creme Anglaise (Vanilla Custard Sauce). YO! Continue reading