Debenham UK 1800’s through the 1950’s; Miss Emily Moore (Three generations in these cookbooks) Home Cookery Sweets for the Christmas Party, by Madge Charlotte Russe Orange and Pineapple Cream Chartreuse of Oranges Banana Trifle Maids of Honor Christmas Pudding Without Eggs Sauces For Christmas With Turkey With Roast Beef With Goose With Christmas Pudding A […]
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Newington NH 1940 – 1960 October 29, 1950 Two Egg Sponge Cake (Blanche) 2 eggs separated, ½ cup cold water, 2 teaspoons vanilla, beat until bowl is almost full; add gradually 1 c. sugar minus 2 tablespoons, beating all the time. Add 1 c. cake flour sifted 3 times with ¼ teaspoonful salt and 1 […]
Fairfield IL 1916 – 1960’s May 14th 1916 Chocklate Pie For two pies 4 eggs 2/3 cup sugar 4 table spoons flour Butter size of an egg Tea spoon vanilla 2 tea spoons cocoa 2 cups sweet milk Have milk hot and stir batter in, thin the batter with a little watter so as to […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Stella Usher – Dinner May 10, ‘34 Kelley, Ed Usher at Watts. Sponge Cake 2 eggs well beaten 1 cup sugar ½ cup milk & 1 tbs. butter beaten together 1 cup flour, 1 tes. B.P., pinch salt, flavoring Measure flour and sift 3 times – […]
In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their Parents and Grandparents ways of surviving and living through tough times; I am going to be posting recipes from the early 1900’s that may give you some knowledge of how to go back to the basics. How To Make those […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 29th 1875 Ginger Cakes 1 cup bread flour ½ ts. Soda ¾ ts. Ginger Salt Sift ½ cup mollasses 2 Tb spoons shortening ¼ cup boiling water DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 2nd 1875 Cream Sponge Cake 2 eggs broken in cup and beaten, then cup filled with sweet cream. 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cup flour – sift into flour 1 teasp. Cream tartar ½ teasp. Soda. Sugar stirred into flour etc, then the eggs, beat thoroughly, little salt. Mr. Henry Fuller […]
Decatur Georgia from 1920’s through the Three books that belonged to a German Bakery chef, His name was Alex Hielcher (I think). One of the books is in German with some wonderful color pictures of the desserts, the handwritten cook book is mostly English with a few in German here and there. The measurement amounts […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 15th 1875 Sponge Cake 3 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 1 teaspoon cream tarter 1 cup flour * dissolve ½ teaspoon soda in ½ cup cold water then another cup flour Tested Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 15th 1912 Nut Bread 1 egg, ½ cup sugar 1 cup milk 3 cups […]
#3 Exeter Pudding Ingredients: – 16 tablespoons bread crumbs, 8 (?) oz sago, six oz suet, 4 oz sugar, a pinch of salt, ½ a lemon, rind grated, 2 or 3 well beaten eggs, 2 oz dissolved butter, a little milk, ½ doz. penny sponge cakes, a few wafers. Sauce – Melted red currant jelly […]