I came across this vintage recipe from 1955, from when people still made desserts from scratch, with no processed items to "speed" it up. No pudding mixes here. It's a simple dessert, a chemistry experiment if you will. Lemon Cake Pudding Ingredients: ¼ cup all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar ¼ tsp fine sea salt… Continue reading Vintage Baking: Lemon Cake Pudding
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Hidden Jam Muffins
I was looking at old recipes and came across this one, dated from 1961. PET was a brand of milk back then, and is still in business, but now only makes canned evaporated milk. Back then dry milk was much more of a thing in recipes. Fresh milk wasn't ultra pasteurized then, and had a… Continue reading Hidden Jam Muffins
Depression Era Gingerbread Cake
While this wasn't exactly the recipe my Mom would have baked for us, she loved baking a soft gingerbread cake quite often. This dates from the Great Depression Era, but due to it containing butter and an egg, it would have come from kitchens on farms, that could provide these fresh ingredients. That it also… Continue reading Depression Era Gingerbread Cake
Plant Based Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes
Before our youngest was born, we ate primarily plant based. Note I don't use 'vegan', that is a lifestyle, rather than a way of eating. For years we were plant-based as we both liked it. We had to stop for a number of years till we worked out his food allergies he was born with… Continue reading Plant Based Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes
Oatmeal Bread
This Fall I am back to making bread, but I have also decided I need to use our bread machine less, and work on my handmade bread skills. The bread machine I can always use on the really busy days when we need a loaf of bread, but I am busy. The other days, it's… Continue reading Oatmeal Bread