Such a tease

I just wanted to share that we have literally hundreds of recipes on deck for scanning and sharing! There are Jewish recipes, recipes for liver, tongue and veal, two notebooks filled with handwritten pages of recipes… Plus some fun instructional and commercial books that might be interesting to peruse. Stay tuned for this and more!

Golden Layer Cake

A lovely and simple recipe for a golden layer cake. Notice that all of the ingredients are white, except the eggs. The use of shortening in place of butter helps to preserve the lovely, pale color of the cake. If you used egg whites only, you could produce a lovely white cake. Where there is … Continue reading

Caramel Crunch Sundaes

These Caramel Crunch Sundaes sound like they will be delicious- the recipe is really for tart style dessert cups. Sounds like something delicious for a fun birthday or fancy dinner party. You will need individual tart tins or other mould so you can make separate cups. I suppose you could use cupcake pans for a … Continue reading

Snowflake Cake

Here’s a clipping from a Betty Crocker leaflet – the type that were included with bags of flour. The leaflet generally included several recipes, baking tips, and usually a coupon for something like a piece of silverware. The “New Method” being referred to here is sift all the dry ingredients together, add your fat & … Continue reading

Salmon Loaf

This particular recipe seems like you could use canned salmon if you don’t have cooked salmon available, or fresh to cook. Of course, if you have fresh salmon to cook, why would you then turn it into a loaf? Just eat it! However, this might be made with leftover or the like. The use of … Continue reading