Worchester MA 1896 through the 1930’s. June 10th 1896 Fruit Cake Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage and antique recipes. https://www.ebay.com/str/ozziesattic720?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
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Highbridge, Somerset UK 1893 – 1911 Here are several recipes from this wonderful cookbook! Some are kind of, well, strange, (like the Queen Toast) but some sound really nice. Queen Toast Ingredients: – This slices of bread, fat, boiling water, jam, castor sugar Mode: – Fry bread in very hot fat till a golden brown […]
Imperial Cakes Martha Washington’s or the Mother’s Cook Book Glenburn Maine 1850’s through 1920’s a wonderful handwritten, generational cookbook with several different writing hands. The Home Cook Book 1876 The Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping from 1880’s Ann Arbor, MI 1899 Church Cookbook The Rocky Mountain Cook Book for High Altitude Cooking 1903 – 1918 […]
In honor of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee this month, I am going through all my British cookbooks to find all the “Royal” recipes that I have; from Victoria Sponges/cake to Queen Mab cake and many more. I will be posting them here for the rest of the year. THE QUEENS CAKE This is a type of […]
Saint Paul MN 1839 – 1888 Birthday Cake 1875 1 pd ¼ sugar ¾ pd. Butter 1 pd. ½ flour 7 eggs 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in it. 2 teaspoons of cream tartar sifted into the flour. Rub sugar & butter together, then add the eggs well beaten, then the milk, […]
May 12th 2022 The Royal Jubilee for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd is being celebrated with a Pudding contest sponsored by Mary Berry; and they will be airing the special on television on May 12th. have this wonderful old handwritten recipe book from Debenham, that has this Jubilee Pudding recipe from Queen Victoria’s […]
Brooklyn New York late 1800’s through the early 1900’s Summer Fruit Cake Mrs. Brooks 1 lb. fine flour dry sifted – (?rubbed) into 6 oz. butter, then add ½ lb. pulverized sugar, ½ lb. currants, ½ chopped raisins – 3 oz. mixed chopped peel – beat 3 eggs completely with a gill of milk – […]
Wallingford CT 1800’s May 2, 1850 Boiled Bread Pudding Half pound bread crumbs 2 oz. sugar – white 1 pt. milk 2 oz. currants 1 oz. candied peel 3 eggs Mix crumbs & sugar – pour over the milk (hot) when nearly cold add other ingredients; pour in mould – boil in mould 2 hours […]
Sabattus Maine 1894 Mary Vose Hot Cross Buns 2 quarts flour (I think) ½ pound dried currants 1 pound chopped raisins 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 yeast cake 1 ounce caraway seeds 1 tablespoon salt 1 oz. citron1/4 pound lard Mix at the start, kut in crisp thing except the egg. Mix at 5 […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s through the 30’s April 2nd 1926 Tuesday – 8:45 P.M. Fruit Cake 2 pounds butter 20 eggs 2 pounds sugar 1 tsp. soda 3 pounds flour 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 pounds currants 1 tbsp. mace 2 pounds raisins 1 tbsp. cinnamon 1 ½ pounds citron 2 tsp. cloves 3 […]