Spice Cake
A Recipe from Florence Jones’ Recipe Box (19??) About the Recipe As happens sometimes, I woke up yesterday with a baking itch. I felt like I needed to try something new, but I had no idea what. I went to one of my cookbook shelves and saw my grandma’s recipe boxes. I’ve actually been a…
Little Orange Layer Cake with Simple Orange Butter Frosting
A Recipe from Sunset Cook Book of Favorite Recipes (1952) About the Recipe When my friend asked us to join her and her family for New Year’s Eve this year, I had one ask: can I bring dessert? A good party is always a good excuse to try a new recipe. When I saw this…
Piquant Dip
A Recipe from Betty Crocker’s Cooking Calendar (1962) About the Recipe It’s Christmastime, and my Christmas dinner table is never complete without a new mid-century delight to try. Now, I don’t know about your friends, but mine love a dip. When I saw this masterpiece, I knew it was the right recipe to try this…
Grape Pie Supreme
A Recipe from Good Housekeeping’s Complete Christmas Cookbook (1967) About the Recipe It’s almost Christmas, and the hubs requested something festive for his office holiday party. As I was browsing my books, this recipe grabbed my eye. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The grapes. The glaceed cherries. The mid-century of it all! So of…
Silver Dollar Pancakes
A Recipe from Country Inn Cookbook – a Berkshire Traveller Book (1970) About the Recipe Get ready friends, it’s time for another fab recipe out of Becky’s collection! The two of us pored through book after book to figure out what we wanted to make this time. This simple recipe turned out to be the…
Lemon-Cream Loaf
A Recipe from The Pillsbury Family Cook Book (1963) About the Recipe It’s (I bought too many) lemon(s) week in my household, so we’re making a lemon cake! I wanted something that would have a little bit of mid-century flair, but come out delicious enough to share. And wow oh wow – did this take…
Lemon Meringue Pie
A Recipe from Pyrex Prize Recipes (1953) About the Recipe I have a confession to make: This was my first lemon meringue pie. I know! Crazy! But when two of my best friends requested one for their birthday, how could I refuse? And this – this is an amazing pie. Plus, I had exactly the…
Frankfurter-Corn Bread Shortcake
A Recipe from Pyrex Prize Recipes (1953) About the Recipe Okay friends, it’s time for some good, old-fashioned mid-century nonsense! I’ve actually made this recipe a few times, including once for my mother-in-law. I hate to say it, but it’s actually really really good. That said, I’ve modernized it over the past couple of years…
Applesauce Gems
A Recipe from The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy (1963) About the Recipe Are you drowning in apples from a beautiful day apple picking? Are you looking for the perfect autumn cookie to bring to your next bake sale? Do you have little patience for complex cookie recipes? Have I got a…
German Sweet Chocolate Cake
A Recipe from Florence Jones’ Recipe Box (19??) About the Recipe There are a few core memories that pop up when I think about going to Grandma in Washington’s house growing up. There are the walls covered with family photographs. There are the artifacts from her travels all over the world. But more than almost…
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