August is my birthday month so I decided I would make a vintage cake in honor. I was originally going to make a two layer frosted cake so I set out to find the perfect recipes. Though those plans changed while I was looking through a newly purchased vintage recipe box, I found this simple … Continue reading Gelatin Diaries: Raspberry Angel Cake Dessert
I will admit this particular post gave me some trouble. I have had the research, recipe tested and photos taken for about two months now but every time I have tried to write the post I go blank. I am finally glad to have this done and posted! Tomato soup cake is not a cake … Continue reading History of Tomato Soup Cake
Jim Nabors was an actor and comedian as well as a singer. Most may know him as the lovable and goofy Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show which the character was later given his own show called Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.. He was made an honorary Marine in 2001. He was a frequent guest on … Continue reading Jim Nabors’ Banana Bread
I did not grow up with this cake at all. Actually I never heard of it until I started collecting charity or community cookbooks and other vintage cookbooks. I will admit that even if someone made this cake I would not have tried it. Why you ask? I have never been a fan of coconut. … Continue reading History of Lazy Daisy Cake
Bob Newhart is an actor and a stand up comedian. If you are of the younger generation you may remember him from his small part as Professor Proton on Big Bang Theory or in the movie Elf. Others may remember him from the 1970s television show The Bob Newhart Show or his 1980s show Newhart. … Continue reading Bob Newhart’s Carrot Mold
Unlike some of the recipes I write histories about, this is a dessert that my mother did make quite a bit in mine and my siblings early childhood. That really is not surprising as my mother grew up in the sixties and seventies so this would have been a very familiar and easy recipe to … Continue reading The History of Pineapple Upside Down Cake
The next recipe I am making in my Jell-O journey is called Raspberry Jell-O Salad. I found it in one of my vintage metal recipe boxes inside a little 38 page booklet called Salad Treats. I don't know if it was a handmade version of a charity book or if a bunch of friends got … Continue reading Gelatin Diaries: Raspberry Jell-O Salad
Cleavon Little was an actor of television, film and stage most known for his role as Sheriff Bart in the comedy Blazing Saddles. He won a Tony award for playing the lead role in the Broadway musical Purlie. You may also have seen him in such movies as FM, Scavenger Hunt, High Risk or Toy Soldiers … Continue reading Cleavon Little’s Tacos Californian
I know that this is kind of late but wow did real life get in the way of me blogging! First I took a quick pause to help my father with my parents kitchen remodel. Never thought I would ever know how to install kitchen cabinets..... Then I got sick with a simple cold that … Continue reading Glazed Corned Beef with Carrots, Potatoes and Cabbage
So next up on this trip into the world of fondue is the chocolate fondue. While the cheese fondue has its origins from the Swiss, chocolate fondue is not quite but kind of Swiss and a much newer creation. It was the paired effort of Konrad Egli, the owner of New York's Chalet Suisse restaurant, … Continue reading Chocolate Fondue
