This golden cream of coconut cake, modified over decades in our family from a 1924 recipe, is frosted with vanilla custard frosting and sprinkled with sweetened coconut flakes. Continue reading
Grandma Margaret’s Buttery Coconut Cream Cake Recipe
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Crazy Cool Century-Old Coffee Cake Recipe
We’re fast-stepping our way through prep time of this old-fashioned yeasted coffee cake with a couple of 30-second finger-kneading sessions to let the yeast do all the work. Then we’ll drizzle it with icing and serve it warm from the oven. Hello homemade! Continue reading
Who Knew Real Red Velvet Cake Was Not Even Red #waitwhat
If you’re looking for red, you won’t find it here. But if you’re looking for old-fashioned cocoa cake flavor in a moist (brown) red velvet cake layered with classic vanilla custard frosting, well then, you’ve come to the right place! Continue reading
Boozy Top Tier Dinner Party Cake
Presenting our trending top-tier cake for your next dinner party! It’s not actually boozy or even boozy tasting. It’s just that its made with wine (and the boozy word looks good in the title). Okay, it does have a splash … Continue reading
Grandma’s Heavenly Heart Cake
Everyone should have a Mother’s Gingerbread Cake recipe on hand, don’t you think?  And there are a lot of them out there. I know because we’ve tried nearly every one we can lay a hand on, starting from recipes created … Continue reading
Rediscovering St. Andrew’s Secret to Harvest Gold Pumpkin Cake
The retro Harvest Gold Pumpkin Cake is a golden beauty served warm from the oven or with a nice cream cheese frosting (or a side dollop of whipped cream) and this little vintage darling brings you all the warm flavors of autumn without an overload of heavy pumpkin spices. Just enough to ring in the season in bright style! Continue reading
Vintage Poppy Seed Cake Pops with Buttery Poppy Seed Flavor
Old-fashioned butter cake and poppy seeds make for a delightful snacking cake – full of bright and rich goodness. Perfect for morning brunch, office coffee cake or your next potluck party. Continue reading
Cozy Up to a Super Easy Lazy Daisy Cake
Let’s head to the river house and bake a vintage Lazy Daisy Cake that’s fluffy and moist and topped with a super-fast broiled brown sugar and coconut frosting! Continue reading
Bake This Cake! 