Vintage baking recipes

So simple yet so tasty!

Here's a delightful gingerbread recipe from a mid-century child's cookbook published by the good folks at Westinghouse. This little book belongs to my friend Chris, whose father bought it for her when she was little, and she kindly forwarded a scan of the recipe to me. Here's what she wrote about it: "The copyright on the little cookbook is 1951. My tipsy handwriting in it looks to be circa third grade (note the word Monday in the top left of the gingerbread recipe), which was probably the…

A vintage handwritten recipe for a French Apple Cake from the Verdin Collection. Make this cake with eggs, Wesson oil, sugar, flour, chopped apples, nuts, vanilla, salt, and soda. Bake the cake batter in three 9-inch cake pans. Pour a boiled icing made with light brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter or oleo over the cake layers.

Found another vintage cookbook with fantastic recipes to share! These are from “Favorite Recipes From America’s Dairyland” 1964 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Hope you find …

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These old-school sweet treats take us back to our childhood: from traditional baked rice pudding to classic cobbler, apple crumble to old-fashioned bee stings – we’ll be passing these recipes down to our kids.

Baking has made a comeback with old-school cake recipes and old-fashioned favourites hitting that nostalgic baking note. So get your vintage cake bake on and relive childhood with these retro cake recipes.