A vintage recipe from the 1800’s for sponge cake made with a bread sponge starter, plump raisins, spices, and flour. *This recipe has been updated on Sept. 13, 2019 from the original recipe posted Jan. 27, 2011. I made my Great Grandmother Stauber’s vintage Sponge Cake recipe from her handwritten recipe collection. The results are…
Vintage Date Nut Cake Recipe
This incredibly moist vintage Date Nut Cake recipe is just like grandma used to make, made with unbleached flour, butter, spices, dates and nuts. My mom recently gave me a copy of this Date Nut Cake recipe that belonged to my great grandma Stauber. It’s part of the recipe collection that she gave me last…
Deliciously Easy Old Fashioned Cornbread
I found a tiny newspaper clipping in my great grandmother’s cookbook for Sour Milk Corn Cake. It sounded interesting…I love old fashioned cornbread!! This deliciously easy vintage old fashioned cornbread recipe uses only a few simple ingredients, including buttermilk, whole grain flour, butter and egg. It’s a classic must-try recipe! Deliciously Easy Old Fashioned Cornbread…
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
For those of you that are new to my blog, I like to feature occasional throwback recipes (I mean….WAY back) from my great grandmother’s cookbook published in 1892. There are so many amazing, unique, delicious, intriguing and downright bizarre recipes in this vintage treasure. I am having fun experimenting with these old keepsakes. These baked…
Queen Cake {A Simple Orange Butter Cake Recipe}
A simple vintage cake recipe for orange butter cake (aka “Queen cake) made with flour, butter, coconut oil, cream and orange zest. In honor of the royal affair this weekend, I made a vintage recipe for orange butter cake aka “Queen Cake”. This recipe is from my great grandmother’s cookbook “Table, Home and Health” published…
Homemade Soft Graham Artisan Bread
A vintage recipe for homemade soft graham artisan bread made with a blend of whole grain flours and a few simple ingredients. I came across a newspaper clipping from the early 1900’s tucked neatly in the pages of my great grandmother’s “Table, Home and Health” cookbook. It was for several different bread recipes. They…
