Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s June 29th 1926 A.M. At this crucial moment Millie is beginning to prepare for the stupendous task of making the Bride’s Cake. – Tomorrow is the great day. It’s simply bee-you-ti-ful today and sincerely hope it will be likewise tomorrow. Mill & Joe are going to make four Lady […]
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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 […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Johnny Cake 2/3 teaspoon of soda, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of cream tartar, one egg, one cup sweet milk, six tablespoons Indian meal, three tablespoons of flour, and a little salt. This makes a thin batter. Mrs. Jones Book 1/21/14 And Vanities Beat 2 […]
December 14th Just for fun, lets keep looking at some more 1800’s recipes. Newberry Vermont 1864 through 1877 Cookies 5 cups of flour 1 cup of butter 2 cups of sugar 1 egg & a little rose water 1 teaspoonful of Saleratus Caraway Mrs. Wrights Cookies 8 cups of flour 2 cups of white sugar […]
December 13th New Hope Pennsylvania 1830’s For a little bit of difference in this line up of Holiday treats, this cookbook has several sugar cookie types of treats. Jumbles are a very old cookie that goes back into History; you can find recipes for them in a lot of Renaissance cookery books. The ingredient lists […]
December 12th Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s The Bellingham Herald, thurs., Dec. 12, 1946 Grandmother’s Plum Pudding Trinidad Hard Sauce Hot Lemon Sauce West Petersborough 1920’s – the 40’s Cake Christmas Mrs. Shaw Fruit Cake Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Our Wedding Cake. Sept 24, 1913 Fruit Cake 1 lb. sugar (add about 1 cup more of sugar) 1 lb. butter 1 lb. flour 12 eggs 2 lbs. currants 2 lbs. raisins 1 large spoon cinnamon 4 whole nutmeg – grated 3 glass sherry wine 2 […]