Level-Up Tiramisu Bread Pudding — Reworking a Classic French Opera Cake with Bread Crusts

Flipped Opera Cake Tiramisu Bread Pudding from Trifle Dish Bake This Cake

Transform bread crusts into an elegant party tiramisu cake in the style of the french opera cake drizzled in dark chocolate coffee syrup. Oh yeah! Continue reading

Vintage Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe and an Amazing Group of Women Helping Women

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An easy classic pound cake made moist with sour cream and prepared vintage style in loaf pans — born from a 19th Century women’s movement established to help women in need. Continue reading

Making Homemade Cherry Frosting and a Special Cherry Meringue Filling at the River House

Homemade Maraschino Cherry Frosting Recipe Bake This Cake

Delicate and bright homemade cherry frosting for our lovely vintage maraschino cherry cake! Just the palest pink — like a pretty pale-pink rose, whipped together with buttercream and our homemade maraschino cherry syrup FROM our luscious homemade cherries. Yes way! We’re also whipping up a special cherry meringue filling for this cake that you COULD try with some slow food time on your hands. Otherwise, frost the top and bottom vintage style with the simple frosting recipe! A perfect barbecue party cake or for a cute vintage party cake! Continue reading

Lizzie’s Vintage Cherry Cake Recipe using Homemade Maraschino Cherries

Maraschino Cherry Cake Slice by the river Bake This Cake

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

Homemade Maraschino Cherries the Good n Slow Way

Batch of Homemade Maraschino Cherries and Syrup Bake This Cake

Let’s make a small batch of homemade maraschino cherries in a jar! A simple kitchen craft project resulting in heavenly no-dye, no-chemical sweet bottled cherries with a bright cherry syrup! Continue reading

Old-fashioned Banana Nut Bread – Gifting from the Kitchen

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There’s nothing more loving than a gift from the kitchen! We baked up some old-fashioned Banana Nut Bread love, wrapped it perrty and sent it off with a smile. Now we’re sharing our 1930’s style recipe with you so that you can craft a gift of love from your own special kitchen with easy step by step photo directions. Continue reading

Betty’s Banana Layer Cake Recipe – A Vintage Cake Loaded with Charm

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The real deal retro-style cake. A classic banana layer cake from the 1940’s made in that simple old-fashioned style like Grandma used to bake. If you’re a vintage cake junkie, THIS is the one for you! Or…If you’re just a dabbler in the vintage arts and want a moist and vibrant cake loaded with charm, break out that Hobart mixer and some ripe nanners cause this one’s gonna scratch it right outta the park! Continue reading

Julia Cakes with Mango Custard Sauce — A Lovely Vintage Vanilla Tea Cake Made Modern

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Lovely little vanilla tea cakes made moist with sour cream and baked in muffin tins or in small bread pans. Serve slices of the cake on a bed of our chilled Mango Custard or use our old-fashioned buttermilk frosting recipe to frost them vintage style. These little cuties will remind you of sunshine and all things yummy! Continue reading