Burlington Vermont 1875 March 11th 1875 Cream Sponge Cake Two eggs in a cup – pile up with sweet cream. 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon C tarter ½ soda flavor with lemon. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 11th 1912 Cinnamon Snaps Mother 1 pt. of molasses ½ pt. of lard 1 tablespoon of […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 March 10th 1875 Custard for Cake 1 spoon starch wet 1 cup boiling water let boil 1 cup sugar little butter – Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 10th 1912 Sugar Biscuit Mrs. J. Bach (could also be Ibach) 1 lb. sugar 1 cup butter and lard mixed 1 cup sour milk 2 eggs […]
I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that have a sense of humor with them. These stuck out to me in this book from Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911. It is the first recipe in this book, “Old Lady Biscuits”, that just sets the whole thing as a fun read, […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 9th 1875 Cup Cake 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 5 eggs ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tarter ½ cup milk & flour alternately spice & put if you like. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 9th 1912 Oat Meal Cakes 1 1/3 cups sugar 2/3 cup shortening 2 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 8th 1875 Mrs. Smith Lemon Jelly 1 large sour apple grated 1 lemon juice & rind 1 egg 1 cup sugar well beaten boil up nice put between cakes while hot. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 8th 1912 Chocolate Cakes Delia 1 can eagle brand milk. 1 cup chopped English walnuts. 1 […]
As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have that are dated or from calendar books. Over the years, I have collected a lot of recipe boxes, old cook books and handwritten books. In reading them, using the recipes to recreate flavors from the […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 4th 1875 Jenny Lind Cake 1 large spoon melted butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 spoon soda 2 cream tarter 1 ½ cups flour – Jenny Lind was a real person; an opera singer from Sweden, known as the Swedish Nightingale. P.T. Barnum brought her to America […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 3rd 1875 Sweet Pickle 7 lb. fruit 3 lb. sugar 1 ½ pints vinegar Cook until done Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 3rd 1912 Small Cakes Mother’s Ginger Snaps 1 qt. of Orleans Syrup 1 lb. of sugar 1 lb. of butter and lard 1 oz. cinnamon Cloves to taste 2 nutmegs […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 2nd 1875 Parker House Rolls. Take 2 quarts flour make a hole in center, put in butter size of an egg, salt, – tablespoon white sugar; pour over this a pint of cold boiled milk, half cup yeast; stand over night; mold 15 minutes let rise, cut in cakes, when light […]
Tip Top Cake I have found these two recipes in the last two books I got. Interesting how sometimes things group together. The only info I have is from these two recipes; searching the internet all I get is a couple of bakeries named Tip top Cakes. I will keep looking but not a lot […]