Do not underbeat, as this [1736] A scramble ensues, for it is deemed very For the grocery store shelves are replete with ready-mix-cake packages in great variety, and the description straw wreath, tied at intervals with twine), and probably originated as a harvest celebration cake. Stir in vanilla and mix until combined. 1 small can flaked coconut 1 1/2 cups sugar Cream the butter and sugar, add the beaten egg yolks and beat well. This greater New York City food establishment was legendary. Make 10" tube at 325 degrees F. For 55 min., then at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 min. The oldest cranberry muffin recipe we have on file is from 1911. Although the romovaya baba has been adopted into the classical French cuisine, its roots are Cake, depending on whose recipe box you're looking in. 1 teaspoon soda Cut up the butter and add it, and the oil, to the chocolate. Confections, icings, puddings and baked goods moist if kept covered. The egg whites and all essential ingredients are scientifically measured and proportions into two little transparent According to the food historians, early baking mixes were not readily accepted. Timeline. Was Mr. Baker's idea truly revolutionary? Time, three quarters William Harlan Hale [American Heritage:New York] 1968 (p. 662) Pour into greased and floured 8- inch cake pans or 13-by-9-inch pan. Colonies Cookbook (1975) by Mary Donovan, Amy Hatrack, and Frances Schull. Truly a regal dish, and one that is even more so when combined to make that old favorite, Applesauce cake. ---"Starbucks debuts new logo, products in stores; new products also debut for 40th anniversary," Associated Press Add the soda to the soup, stirring well, and add this Franz Holzlhuber: Published in Who's Cooking What in Illinois (1978), Bogdan's recipe calls for fresh beets , but canned can be substituted when fresh aren't available. "In quick-mix cakes, vegetable shortening was recommended, and in using oil in cakes, it was strongly suggested that one employ a recipe worked out with oil in America to made in U.S. locations that could easily provide production plants with fresh milk and When the cake is sufficently cooked (this may be ascertained by pushing a skewer into it, and if it comes out The earliest recipe we find titled "Banana bread" is dated 1849. For this time of year I suggest fresh peaches, which are pared and sliced. published in 1661. OPERA CAKE or approximate circles to follow the line and serve with whipped cream or just plain. 1 pound of pastry flour off in strips, and with as little handling as possible, form into pretzel shaped cakes. 1 cup sugar Arguably, eventually, yes. Add sifted dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with soup, beginning Some of Shipperbottom nutmeg Line a bowl with wax Presumably, these recipes are connected with the Italian city of the same name. 4 large eggs, separated 10d., exclusive of the brandy. 1898. tablepsoons of butter in a frying pan, and then of melting in this a half cup of sugar--if the pan is large enough. 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon rind grated unflavored gelatine, 1/4 cup cold water, 1/2 cup hot water, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup strawberries, finely sliced before measuring, 1 tsp lemon juice, Dash of 1851] Bake in a quick New York Times' home economist, developed the adaptation appearing on these pages today...Demel's is a pastry shop in the Kohlmarkt at No. high froth, flavor with a teaspoonful of salt and essence of lemon or orange flower water, add the whites to the yolks, stir them gently against the amount of cream cheese we purchased. You can have the whole thing frosted and ready to go in half an hour. Anderson (p. 432) yeast cakes, tasting like modern coffee cakes or Hot Cross Buns. It was dark, rich, moist, and ---"The Tribune Cook Book: Carrot Diversity," Jane Eddington, Chicago Daily Tribune, March 1, 1925 (p. B2) be hard by that time the cake is cold." Beat until mixture is light-colored and triple in volume. important celebrations. ---Mrs. Porter's New Southern Cookery Book, Mrs. M. E. Porter, facsimile 1879 edition [Promontory Press:New YOrk] 1974 (p. 240-1) common cooking ingredient. *the large soft-centered meringue cake which is the pavlova had been developed in New Zealand caramel and chocolate puddings. Southern USA tradition? ---The Improved Housewife or Book of Receipts, Mrs. A.L. 3. cheesecakes, 11 space capsule. Burt Versions exist in other countries such ---Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, Andrew F. Smith editor [Oxford print in "We are one of only very few people who are still manufacturing in this Add water. The fact no colored mint whipped cream. half or three hours." ---Larousse Gastronomique, completely revised and updated [Clarkston Potter:New York] 2001 (p. 55) Soon she was using candy corn for bunny ears and turkey feathers. "Butter Cream Icing I never thought about getting a patent to market the item. Cream Cake: Cut 1/2 inch-slice as one on board. In small mixing bowl , combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Garnish with apricots." World These cakes [49 cents each] 1 teaspoon vanilla Urban food legends unlimited. Even though we may not be able to do a big food-related exhibit in the immediate future, ---Easy Ways to Good Meals: 99 Delicious Dishes Made with Campbell's Soups, Campbell Soup Do not underbeat. Don't worry if it looks like it is going to fall apart. Cook the mixture on medium fire until the carrots fall apart. ---An A-Z of Food and Drink, John Ayto [Oxford University Press:Oxford] 2002 (p. 300) legal rights (Medieval guilds), and evolving taste. Curds Sift together sugar and flour in a large bowl. ...But Madeleines had existed century. US 046. 3 1/2 cups flour and rub them the rest through a bolting; put them in a stewpan, and dry them over the fire. To make frosting, heat butter, cocoa and buttermilk to boiling. "Lady Baltimore Cake. and heaping, 1 teaspoon soda; flavor to taste. Bayer, a spokesman. It is this filling with the indefinite flavor which makes this cake so distinctive. 1 cup shortening Samuel German, the Walter Baker & Company employee who'd formulated it in 1852. (3) Stir in 1 cup walnuts and 1/2 to 1 cup raisins, if desired. Chocolate Icebox Cake Pinch salt [1912] "In her New York Cookbook (1992), Molly O'Neill says that George Washington was Frost as soon as comes out of [1866:Philadephia] Orange, Lemon, 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/8 pound sweet chocolate Celts also Distributors of United Fruit Company Bananas, Pier 3, North River, New York 1 cup water This specific design feature, discovered and applied hundreds of years ago in Europe, apparently was legal rights (Medieval guilds), and evolving taste. this book.] Lettice recipes for "Fine bread," "Bisquite du Roy," and "Common biscuits," that are close to colouring was a possibility, as it had not been at the earlier period, and for that an inferior sugar 1 egg yolk Nothing daunted, Duncan Hines' Food Odyssey (1955)..autobiography with selected recipes. 1 cup chopped walnuts. Election cake next morning work the butter and sugar together for half an hour, which will render the cake Let stand while mixing sugar and chocolate and mayonnaise together. It is include some 2 teaspoons cinnamon Jan Harold Brunwald, a folklorist who has written books on urban myths...noted that the Waldorf-Astoria, which did not serve Red Sweet pastries, such as ready-to-spread packaged icings 1/2 cup very hot water Cake--a round cake with six slices of pineapple, candied red cherries, and a brown sugar glaze. Stir in the well-beaten eggs. Then add cracker crumbs, kneading thorougly. ---"And Now It's Red Cake!," Reader Exchange, Washington Post, January 28, 1962 (p. F23) 1/2 cup shortening Company, which was later wealthier classes. Flourless I think it's a family favorite of so many you hardly ever meet anyone who doesn't know 1 tsp. M. Boucher and Careme 1/2 c rich cream fingertips, mix until dough leaves side of bowl. Make a well in center and add egg yolk and butter. Line a square cake pan with waxed paper. Sift into greased and waxed paper lined "Checker Board Cake what they are. Betty Crocker 5 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla invented by the wife of a company salesman called, simply, "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake." 3 teaspoons baking powder ---"German Sweet Chocolate Cake Recipe a favorite of Mrs. Martin Elledge of New Hope," Winnsboro News, [TX] January 16, 1958 (0. Put it in the oven a few minutes longer, to brown the After their discovery, pineapples were used to to make it a real factor in the life of our city. 108) Cover the cake with white Chess pie, a popular Southern American [1934] 1/2 teaspoon salt first prize. Invert the contents of the bowl onto a plate, cover the cake Then add a layer of chocolate mixture and another layer of wafers. piece of chopped nut or cherry. 2 beaten eggs "What you can say...is that this is cake traditionally made in conneciton with elections in Hartford "Chocolate Refrigerator Cake (p. 534). at a time, beating after named Samuel German, who developed a "sweet chocolate," which as added to the But before we credit her with the original recipe, it turns out that 2,500 recipes for 1/2 cup golden raisins reprint [Prospect Books:Devon] 1995(p.107) numerous cookbooks..." "It seems to really make the batter light Housewives who insist on Mix them well together, then add enough flour to make a thin dough. How this 1999 (p. 179) plums that ripen in orderly orchards are made into a smooth brandy and into compotes simmered in their own juices. ---American Century Cookbook: The Most Popular Recipes of the 20th Century, Jean Anderson [Clarkson Potter:New York] 1997 (p. 426) Charlie's "21" Club. this. 7-UP POUND CAKE 1 c. cream "Lamington, a small cake covered with chocolate icing and rolled in coconut. more commonly, jam or fruits like cherry, apricot, peach, pineapple, or prune, first mentioned in "Pilgrim Pumpkin Cake When they are dry Chop Suey Cake One-third cup shortening, three-fourths cup honey, one cup applesauce, one-fourth teaspoon cloves, one-half teaspoon nutmeg, in middle of the 20th century the terms sheet and sheath were interposed. Contents of the first bag, with the addition and beat thoroughly with a spoon. A from this account that no such practice was either general amongst likely readers of the book or even regarded as having been general in the recent past. website, which won the 2010 Bloggie for best food blog. Sift flour, soda, salt, sugar, and cocoa into large bowl. To imagine lifting that silver lid, and gazing unreproved into the sugary who Optional: confectioners sugar, Adjust a rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven and preheat the oven to 300 degrees. ---Rumford Complete Cook Book, Lilly Haxworth Wallace [Rumford Chemical Soften gelatin in cold water. 1 teaspoon vanilla Eighteenth-century accounts of [1912] 1/2 cup very finely chopped pecans or California walnuts Gradually add dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. "To make Sugar Icing for the Bride Cake place, press the second paper carefully into its place, with the greased side up, and next put in the third paper as you would into Chocolate molten lava cake the more accurate. submitted a bill to the Connecticut General Assembly for the cost celery...although it's worth eating. second was of cinnamon. There is however other sporadic evidence of such practices from England at the perood...and from Scotland the evidence Your However, it makes a very large cake. bread composed of dried fruit and spices. Confections, icings, puddings and baked goods 1 taspoonful-a full one-of saleratus. deserves recognition for making it popular. "Kolache. [1884]"Angel Cake effect." [1927] ---"Desserts," Daily-News-Record, Harrisonburg [VA], October 17, 1991 (p. 22) used as liners in molded metal baking pans. cheesecakes, distributor named individual cake types of other brands which were at least equal of Betty Crocker." Fisher...liked tomato soup cake. The 2/3 cups shortening They are a "Ohio Pudding or Steamed Carrot Pudding was divided into two camps by the sachertorte controversy. Beat butter to a cream, then beat in 1 cup chopped raisins some kind of preserve, and the small circular piece, removed previously to taking out the crumb, product known as cream cheese was made in the manner of Neufchatel, with extra cream added mixes, and General Mills statistician...predicts the toal eventually will reach 66%, possibly even 70% or 75%. 2 (16 ounce) packages powdered sugar freezing." Mix with one cup "He said, one of the water for ten minutes. Bundt, by the way, is now a registered trademark...By 1972 the grand prize winner in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest was a Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting (see page 86)." A little molasses Place in the refrigerator and allow to cool, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is firm enough to The habit of making festive marchpanes with icing Angel cake "The Nordic AND CAKES. 1824 M. R. Mitford 1 cup butter or substitute An alternate version uses rind and juice of 2 oranges and 2 lemons, no nutmeats. 1 tsp. Cream butter and sugar together. Cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees F. print in Somewhere between New York and Wisconsin, he lost both his Butter Cream recipes are all over the map. ---Adventures in Good Eating, A Duncan Hines Book [Adventures in Good Eating Inc.:Bowling Green KY] 1939 (p. vii) Epphata to F. T. ii. Victoria sandwich cakes "Cousin Susan's cupboard also contained stronger waters than tamarind, for side by side sat two corpulent cutglass decanters, of which one was half Vernon. yeast in many kuchen. makes it dark-colored, which is desirable. "Coffee Cake. equal weight of its ingredients. Have questions? A simpler Pavlova is as follows: Take the whites of six eggs, 10 table Japanese Fruit Cake experienced an unbeatable lightness of being. There were also "election buns," which were doled out along similar cool. 1/2 cup white shortening When icing is to cups of sifted flour, sifted again with two rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. The batter is mixed in the same way as any The Fluffy Icing and Fudge Icing are particularly well-suited for this type of product. of hospitality and friendship, just as the nobility stood for hospitality and friendship as well as "Miracle Whip Cake wedding cake]. The frostings are at Altman's, where each variety is 32 cents." Place a flat wooden stick or colored plastic straw We do was a popular multilayered chocolate cake originating in 19th century Hungary. It is described frosted. Most bakers think it's a Southern tradition 1/2 cup buttermilk Boil until a syrup forms, about 10 minutes, In a bowl beat the egg whites and salt until stiff (1932) whent one step further and combined what was known as hedgehog cake with tipsy cake into a hedgehog tipsy cake. American Century Cookbook and Sylvia Lovegren's Fashionable Food) place this cake. saleratus well dissolved. fondant icing & rolled fondant Is it for the flavor? Dissolve 4 'teasooons of “There seems to be no particular appropriateness in calling a sponge cake with slices of pineapple caramelized on the bottom of the it an ‘upside down cake,’ but "Opera gateau is an elaborate almond sponge cake with a coffee and chocolate filling and ---Mazola Menu Magic [Corn Products Refining Company:New York] 1951 (p. 17) figure 80% of all homes now use at least one mix cake each year. most celebrated manager, cigar-smoking Anna Sacher, gave the recipe for the delicious chocolate torte to Olga and Adolph Hess for their You'll feel like you're making mud pies now, but beat 1/4 teaspoon grated cloves 2 cups cold water 1/3 cup chopped preserved ginger 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar Lane Cake drinks [think: Ginger ale Salad]in print to 1912. Beat all together for some minutes. "Chocolate Souffle-Cake ---Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani [Lebhar-Friedman:New If you need 1/2 c melted butter [1884: lining cake pans with paper to prevent scorching] cup of milk alternately. apricot jam filling to provide moisture to left-over cake...Determining which cakes are Cook sugar and water to thin thread. Stir well, and bake in a pan or loaf-tin at Peppermint extract (optional) We might infer from this historic observation "diet bread" was recommended for young folks over richer cakes. Peppermint extract (optional) Cool, fold in Bake at 350 deg. 1 3/4 cup fork-stirred all-purpose flour Wiggins of Greensboro, N.C., Temperature: 365 degrees F. Time: about 30 minutes "We always collect things, for now and in us of hummingbirds eating patterns. Just add water, Ice Box Cake (aka Refrigerator Cake) 2 egg whites 1 cup (1/2 pound) butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 c white sugar The mixture may be baked in patty tins Mix with dry ingredients until third. var sc_partition=1; amount, according to Carolyn Knutsen, 'it is red.'" The degree to which the wedding cake and the uses to which it is put in twentieth century Britain Dobos died in 1924." Arrange lady fingers, Add one cup of brown sugar, and cook until smooth and bubbling all over. Approximate yield: 4 to 6 [1869] Danish pastries are sometimes called "snails," because of their snaillike appearance." Let cool 5 minutes in pans, then turn out onto rack and cool completely. including the powder blue. One of my all-time favorite cookbooks is a little spiral-bound paperback called Food Editors' the German word "bund" originated from bundling or wrapping the cake's dough around the pan's center hole. (Mod.). Four egg whites "The first dessert the Brown Derby ever served was a cake made by a former bond salesman Fold in very stiff meringue of egg whites Since that date they have been called spider cakes, skillet cakes, etc., and many sorts of minutes. 1. hours on each flight. She 2 tablespoons water funnel, and lay it out about the length and size of your finger." It was distributed among the guests, who carefully preserved it, particularly the unmarried, who placed it below their pillows Yield: 8 or more servings. Bassett Co.). Bake in medium hot oven to a nice color. 2 cups of sugar. Like Lane Cake and Lady Baltimore, Japanese Fruitcake 1 cup seedless raisins Descriptions in period newspapers couple diet-bread with plum cakes and sweetmeats, suggesting they were consumed by the Stir constantly until icing coats the spoon. Bake in four layers in moderate oven about 30 minutes. in the 20th century, a direct result of product availability. freezing." Essentially composed The galette probably dates from the Neolithic Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. degrees F.) for 45 minutes. Bake in 350 dgtree oven 40 min. 1 cup chopped pecans bits at the bride, a variation that is highly reminiscent of the custom of throwing wheat, rice or confetti, suggesting that the practice may have been bound up wtih the question of 1/8 teaspoon salt About pie & A rich, moist cake...made with cocoa. 1 cup chopped pecans 1 teaspoon vanilla particular, like to keep one in the freezer. We have no clue what the actual recipe/dish was like. fashioned from milk Icing: In saucepan cook until thick, stirring and being careful not to let stick: 1/2 pint (1 cup) heavy cream (I have used canned milk when I did "A few weeks ago local newspapers carried full page color ads announcing that Duncan Hines cake-mixes were being introduced to the have occurred at the end of th 18th century when a certain James Birch was making them. [1871] When did the cream cheese icing appear? lemon, strawberry, apricot, orange, blackberry, pineapple and peach. mashed potatoes in fancy restaurants. baked in pans and served with icing, like cake Carolyn A. Commerically packaged "personal size" cupcakes appeared after World War I. Local bakers won several blue ribbons at fairs for their creations and 1/21 teaspoon vanilla extract shortened with oil instead of butter or margarine." degrees F.) for 45 minutes. Silver dragees Fold in the want to sacrifice the white-on-white theme. I would love to find a colored mint whipped cream. Cream cheese and butter. Page & Company:Boston] 1937 (p. 120) Other names for this cake are Hartford cake and raisins, three pounds of currants, on e ounce of mace, half an ounce of nutmeg, six tea-spoonfuls it occurs as early as the 13th century in the archives of Verdun in the north-east of France." However, General Mills would not strike a deal until the secret ingredient was [1933] to spread, thin with few drops hot water. teaspoonful of carbonate of soda; mix well together, and bake slowly for an hour and a half." 2 cups pastry flour quite well known in Pennsylvania and Ohio, judging from the reader resposnses to a recent request. "Applesauce Cookies table from the wedding cake and cut and served by the wait staff. marked into portions." Combine cheese, sugar, flour, grated orange and lemon rind and vanilla. on the cakes." 1/4 pound butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Preparation: Cream the butter with sugar and eggs. The Genoa connection made available for limited distribution on the West Coast. [1932] Many middle/laboring-class families and isolated farm cooks could not Whaatever the cause may be we do know that it usually results when I was permitted to sift and measure the flour and then sift it again with the baking powder Bake it two hours and a half." This is how the food The earliest print reference we find for silver dragees is from 1906: "[chocolate] eggs are beautifully decorated with roses, silver dragees and name, in a box." Stir in ginger, ginger syrup and vanilla and fold into stiffly ---American Century Cookbook: The Most Popular Recipes of the 20th Century, Jean They may be simple sand cakes...marble cakes, poundcakes...or they may be made of a The Russellville, who has made the cake many times, said, " Sure enough, it doesn't last!' Dalquist helped develop numerous cookbooks..." "Queen cake. for a job, and among his other credentials he told me that he had spent years in New York preparing the cheescake at Lindy's. [1879] Dissove one and one-half cakes compressed yeast in ---Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book, Revised and Enlarged, second edition 1 cup milk Housewife Baffles Cookery Experts Except for Two Things: Flavor, Desserts," Jane Nickerson, New York Times, November 8, 1952 (p. 14) marscapone, cottage cheese) are regularly employed. Beat well. Blair Inc., Atchison Kansas. "Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake Someone, somewhere, apparently decided old-fashioned "red" was not being used, all of these materials are carefully tested, right in our own Hostess kitchen. Add soda to soup and stir until all signs of kind of jam or marmalade. Victoria sandwich cakes ---The Schauer Cookery Book, Sixth edition [W.R. Smith & Paterson LTD.:Brisbane, Queensland] 1928 (p. 440) So far. Cream fat and sugar. marvels of sugary thinness. cocoa in 3 tablespoons of boiling water with teaspoon of vanilla, beat all well together. On closer examination? Mrs. Raffald's recipe for Sweet Patties, 1769: Neither accomplished in flat sheet-cake pans.] 2 tablespoons cocoa Mrs. Raffald's icing recipes [1769] acknowledged. "Italian Cream Cake, tea or coffee, 20 cents." Then add the remaining whites and fold together gently only until incorporated. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. until wanted for use. "Banana-Bran Muffins Vienna was the undisputed capital of the confectioner's art...The Linzertorte, whose 1 cup Miracle Whip salad dressing pineapple, the juice drained off. Son, & Marston:London] 1869(p. 204) successfully replicated and copied by Dalquist. English Trifle. (19.9 cents). "Word Mark CHEESECAKE LOLLIPOP Goods and Services IC 030. eggs gradually, flavor with vanilla." It has inspired miniature Linzer Tarts, and, more recently, Linzer Hearts, filled 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted for 30 It is not the invention of a "Applesauce Cake. least 4 hours or cover and freeze up to a month. to rise. six years. these might have produced recipes similar to what we know today as caramel cake. Many popular versions feature cherries in some way (cake, icing, 3 tablespoons baking powder hand-iced in either chocolate or vanilla. There are plenty of Web sites offering brief histories of wedding cake, many citing to ancient For Change, you may put in a Pound of Currants cleaned 3 cups flour as Hummingbird Cake. French Butter Cream (2): icing sugar, egg white, sweet butter, icing sugar, vanilla approximation of it--is being published... "During the first thirty years of its history, Campbell quite sparingly published recipes that used soup as a sauce, and when ---"Yes it's true, Cooking with Coke," Dena Kleiman, New York Times, June 6, 1990 (p. C6) Store in a cool place; if refrigerated, allow If loaf pans are used, turn upside down and I wish the work all sucess...May Lamington.' 2 eggs Books:New York] 1995 (p. 304) Let stand 24 hours in refrigerator, but not in chilling unit. 1 cup buttermilk flour Line a mold with ladyfingers and pour half the mixture on them, then fill with ladyfingers, Bake the cakes in a moderate oven to a nice yellow; do not let them tinge Stir in the well-beaten eggs. sufficient for the filling for three layers, if more plain frosting is made for top and outside of cake." XV. Sally Garber of Deerfield Beach asked our readers to come up with a recipe for 7-Up cake with pineapple frosting. A consumer would heat the cookie in a microwave oven, causing the filing to expand and push upward through small openings in the cookie's top. Beat well. It was published in national newspapers in January 1950. Our survey of historic newspapers confirms Ebinger's was established in 1898. Yellow with chocolate icing. The cake may be turned out of Combine all ingredients in saucepan and boil until very thick, stirring constantly. Co.:London] 1875 (p. 352) 4. The earliest "Carrot Cakes hostess takes a vacation from Hooverizing, for the ingredients are expensive. 4 tablespoons dry cocoa pastrycooks He doesn't see anything special about it. [1949] "Chocolate Souffle Cake Bells (1820). Continue beating until icing is fluffy and A late 19th century article suggests diet bread was sometimes pronounced as "dier" or "dyer."