Burlington Vermont 1875 July 12th 1875 Kate’s Cake 1 cup sugar 1 ½ eggs white for frosting Beat until creamy Butter size of small egg 2/3 cup sweet milk 2 teaspoonsfull cream tarter 1 teaspoon soda both dissolved in milk Vanilla 1 2/3 cups flour. Beat well Measurements you may be unfamiliar with I have […]
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This is an unusual sounding dessert I found in this set of cookbooks. Doing some research, it seems this is a traditional Dutch recipe for an almond paste filled pastry called Banketstaaf; also spelled Banquette and Banket. Sounds very good. This is a traditional Christmas cake https://www.lavenderandmacarons.com/dutch-christmas-log-easy-delicious/ Bankette For ingredients you’ll need: 1 cup butter, […]
Nameless Cake (Betty Ellen) ¾ c. Short. ¾ tsp. nutmeg 1 ½ c gran sug 1 tsp. cinnamon 3 eggs 2 tbsp. cocoa 1 ¾ c. flour ¾ c. sour milk ½ tsp. B.P. 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp soda 1 tsp lemon ½ tsp salt ½ c chopped nuts Cream short. & add sug. […]
Pittsburg Pennsylvania 1900’s – 1930’s From Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from the 1900’s through the 30’s, a cook book owned by Myrtle A. Byrd. Sugarless Cake for Independence Day 2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour 2 ¼ teaspoons quick acting baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter or shortening 1 cup light corn syrup 2 eggs, […]
From a handwritten cookbook dated in the 1880’s and 90’s; then into the 1920’s from some of the loose papers and a food pamphlet that was with it. I got it from Franklinville New York but several of the newspaper cutouts have other locations, but mostly from the north east area states. The main book […]
From Wembledon/London England a set of books dated 1860 – 1928, this recipe is dated 1915. Eltringham Cake 30 June 1915 Violet, Very Large Cake 1 lb. flour ½ lb. castor sugar 1 lb. sultana’s washed or ½ lb. sultana’s & ½ lb. raisins stoned ½ lb. butter ¾ pint milk 2 fresh eggs 1 […]
Oxford Mich. 1908 to 1960’s Saffron Cake Aunt Kate 3 comp. yeasts dissolved in 1 ½ c warm water, 2 tsp sug & 3 tbsp melted shortening. (I think that comp. yeast is going to equal a cake of yeast, which today would be a package of the yeast you get in the store) Add […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 June 24th 1875 Cake One eggcup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup sweet milk ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tartar (2 ½ cups flour, I guess) Try and see ½ cup raisins DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 June 21st 1875 Tomato Soup Tomato peeled first, add pepper, salt, 1 teaspoon sugar & soda, last milk, with very little thickening. Picnic Cake June 21st 1906 4 yolks & 1 egg 2 large cups sugar 1 ½ cups sweet milk ½ cup butter 3 teasp. B.P. Flour & vanilla Makes a […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 June 2nd 1912 Peach Roll Mrs. Dyer 2 cups of flour 3 teaspoons of B.Powder ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons of sugar 3 tablespoons of butter 1 egg ½ cup of milk Syrup 1 cup of sugar 1 cup of water Boil to-gether 10 minutes. Roll out the dough, fill with sliced […]