There are a lot of recipes that fit this Holiday from this set of cook books, and several decoration ideas as well. These first recipes are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated […]
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Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 22nd 1912 Fudge Mrs. Allen, East Orange St. 2 cups of sugar 1 cup of milk, stir well until mixed, then put on a low fire and let boil about ½ hr., do not stir. When cooked to a soft ball, which has been tried in water, add lumps of butter […]
Spring Chocolate Torte – party type 1 c. butter, creamed with 2 c. sugar; beat 4 egg whites stiff, 2 ½ c. cake flr. 1 t. soda, ½ t. salt. Pour ½ c. boiling water over 1 bar german sweet choc & heat til melted; add 4 egg yolks & 1 t. vanilla to creamed […]
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 […]
Wooster Ohio 1886 to 1929 a small leather cookbook with all kinds of newspaper clippings and loose pages. Friday March 6th 1914 Newspaper the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer This paper has a nice article for some fun on St. Patrick’s Day; I thought it might be nice to show you these. They are intertwined […]
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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 17th 1875 Chocolate Cake Bake any light cake- one half and stir in grated chocolate arrange it in pans with the other half same as for marble cake. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 January 17th 1912 Dropped Sugar Cakes Mrs. Foltz 3 cups of sugar 2 gran. 1 brown ½ pt. of shortening. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 12th 1875 Seed Cake One cup of butter; two of white sugar, three eggs, half a cup of seeds, and flour enough to make a stiff paste. Roll it very this, with sugar instead of flour on board, and cut it in rounds. Bake it about fifteen minutes. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 […]