Summer Project: Recipes From Vintage Food Ads

[frigilux]

This is one I made last week, wrapped in individual pieces and put in the freezer. My favorite cake is chocolate with white frosting. I just pulled another cake out of the oven which will get chocolate frosting. It's for the custodial staff at work, who, like many, are overworked and under appreciated. They'll love it for their morning coffee break.

 

[westie2]

Frigilux it is the vinegar and baking soda that does the rising.  My mother call it the Wacky Cake.  It is good for milk and egg algery folks.  Keep the test going.

 

 

[davey7]

Has anybody every tried Joan Crawfords Meatloaf recipe? I've heard it's horrible.

I have a recipe from the 60's for Maple Chiffon Pie, seems like something which would have been on a maple syrup package.

All of these look really good.

 

[frigilux]

Joan Crawford's meatloaf is...an acquired taste. I made it once, and have no burning desire to make it again. It is kind of cool to get a slice of meatloaf with a slice of hard-boiled egg in the center of it, but unless you really like the taste of A-1 Steak Sauce--a whole bottle is used within the loaf, plus more as a glaze--it's probably not going to make your Top 10 list.

I've found several 1940's-'50's cake recipes with a maple frosting. Will have to give one of them a try. I think I saw a recipe for a pie with a maple-flavored meringue, too.

 

[countryguy]

On the other hand, Ann Lander's recipe for meatloaf is delicious!  I used to hate meatloaf until I used her recipe. 

 

Gary