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. […]
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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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 21st 1875 Boiled Frosting 5 tablespoons milk 1 cup sugar Flavor vanilla Boil 5 minutes Coconut or chocolate stirred in. Mrs. Taylor Dark Cake 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter 1 cup sour milk 1 egg 1 cup chopped raisins 2 ½ cups flour 1 small teaspoon soda, cloves Mrs. J.C.H. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 18th 1875 From the Chocolate Cake yesterday Frosting 1 cup sugar ½ cup milk, boil 5 minutes Beat until cool, spread when cake is cold. Flavor with vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 18th 1912 Sauce for Rice Mrs. Boyer Club (?) ¼ lb. butter well browned, thicken with 4 x sugar, […]
From a cook book dated in the 1800’s a news paper article of several nice desserts; I got the book from Wooster Ohio. And on the Back side of this newspaper article; DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 6th 1875 Buckwheat Cake 1 pint buttermilk A little more than ½ pint buckwheat 1 teaspoon sugar A little salt Saleratus Enough to sweeten milk Bake in thin sheets in quick Saleratus – From the Latin sal aerates, meaning “aerated salt”. A precursor to baking soda, it hit the market in […]
St Patrick’s Day Martha Crane (Saint Patrick’s) Blarney Stones 2 egg cake – 2 c cake flr, 3 t. B.P., ½ t. salt, ½ c short, 1 ¼ c sugar, 2 eggs, 2/3 c milk, 1 t. vanilla – 8×12” greased pan. 350degrees 30 – 35 min. Sift dry ingreds, cream sugar & short, add […]
These have a long tradition of being simple but delicious cakes named for the so-called weary willie hobo’s that wandered the country after the Civil War, and then those who were homeless drifters during the 1920’s depression years. Apparently, the Willie’s were not the drifters that were willing to work for pay or food, but […]