For this week’s vintage food picture, I decided to do a collection of cakes from different cookbooks throughout the years.  Somehow I thought this would be a little quicker than writing a few paragraphs about one picture.  I was wrong.  I think it actually took longer.  Silly little me……

Top Row

1- Chocolate Checkerboard Cake – The Hershey’s Recipe Book, 1939

2- Lady Baltimore Cake – The United States Regional Cookbook, 1947

3- Exquisite Coconut Cake – Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook, 1959

4- Spice Layer Cake, Better Homes and Gardens Dessert Cookbook -1967

Bottom Row

5- Strawberry Surprise Cake – The Best of Bon Appetit, 1979

6- Chocolate Ganache Cake – Cakes & Pastries, 1983