Ingredients ½ cup shortening 2 ½ cups sifted cake flour 3 ½ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 ¼ cups sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp....

First Lady Rosalynn Carter and President Jimmy Carter have lunch on the White House patio, August 4, 1977. This recipe was published in...

Decadent and chocolatey Mississippi Mud Cake This recipe was given to my grandmother by her neighbor, Jane Saunders. Jane was said to...

This Caramel Cake with the best caramel frosting was a cake "I had to make!" (told by my family). Aunt Dot has a special cake that...

This pie has a ghost story that goes along with it. However, this pie can stand on it's own because it is dreadfully delicious!!!...

The Vanilla Sour Cream Cake is a recipe from the 1973 book, Dessert Cook Book from Better Homes and Gardens. This cake is flavored with...

I was inspired to make this cake and return to my plant-based recipes when I listened to the 1976 Plantasia record, HERE.. This is an...

Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Lyles Wilson adapted a favorite white cake recipe to bake a small heart-shaped bride's cake decorated in pink and...

In 1886, a pharmacist named John Pemberton created cola syrup in Atlanta, Georgia. He brought a jug over to a local pharmacy, and it was...

Perhaps the Lane Cake gained popularity from the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. However, the Lane Cake has been a Southern tradition for...

I like to think of Victorian tea and cake as being an early act of feminism. Because this was primarily a feminine affair, afternoon tea...

This recipe is from the 1979 cookbook, THE NEW JOYS OF JELLO. Ingredients 1 package (3 oz.) Jell-O Orange Gelatin 1 package (3 oz.)...

Cake Ingredients: 10' tube pan, ungreased 2 cups sifted unbleached flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2...

Pumpkin cake for dessert after your fall feast Wonderful twist on Thanksgiving tradition! A light, appetizing treat for stuffed tummies!...

This is made similarly to a vintage handwritten cake recipe, see picture below. Ingredients CAKE 2 ripe bananas 1 package Deluxe Duncan...

The Coffee Toffee Torte is a layered angel food cake with a coffee and chocolate filling. This is from the 1960 Dessert Cook Book from...

Icebox Cake Recipe Ingredients 3 cups heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt 1 (9-ounce) package...

Tomato soup is the MYSTERY ingredient that makes this cake a SOUP-er delicious cake! The ingredients depend on the time period but most...

I found the following recipe in the Calendar of Dinners recipe cookbook from Crisco in 1913. The recipe is easy to follow so I have added...

"Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day!" croons Bing Crosby with the Andrew Sister's...