Recipes from vintage Disneyland: Party pancakes in chocolate, strawberry & eggnog flavors (1956)
From fabulous vintage Disneyland come these retro recipes for Party Pancakes, from the colorful Aunt Jemima Kitchen at the California theme park.
Vintage dessert recipes
How to make a classic marshmallow pumpkin pie (1958)
This prize-winning recipe uses pumpkin combined with marshmallows to create a heavenly pie that makes for a deliciously light and fluffy Thanksgiving dessert!
A gooey, chocolatey fudge batter pudding recipe from 1950 – because ‘Men like puddings’
When baked, this fudge batter pudding has a chocolate sauce on the bottom and the top of the cake. There are also four variations of this chocolate dessert recipe to try!
Award-winning peanut brittle cookies from the ’50s
Fill your cookie jar today with these really prize-winning peanut brittle cookies made with peanuts, vanilla and fresh-ground cinnamon. They were the Best of Class Winner in Pillsbury’s 1958 Bake-Off!
Brown Derby restaurant’s chocolate black bottom pie recipe (1953)
Movie stars love this black bottom pie. You’ll love it, too. Key to its fluffy, chiffon lightness is Knox unflavored gelatin. Make Hollywood’s favorite Brown Derby black
3 easy walnut cookie recipes: Walnut clusters, walnut-orange crisps and walnut surprise squares (1950)
These 3 walnut cookie recipes are for new cookies, quick cookies, and old favorites, too! Make walnut clusters, walnut-orange crisp cookies and walnut surprise squares
How to make a “Hallo Witch” Halloween cake (1958)
For Halloween party fun, make a Hallo Witch Halloween cake! You don’t need any special pans — just cut a square cake as shown, then frost.
Deep-dish honey apple pie recipe (1951)
You’ll love to take a bite of this spicy-sweet honey apple pie. Honey, wonderfully delicate in flavor, adds a lusciousness that you have to experience.
Caramel surprise chiffon pie recipe (1953)
So for dessert tonight, why not start make a caramel surprise chiffon pie with that true caramel flavor you’ll never forget? Your family will love you for it.
Delicious old-fashioned frosting recipes for homemade cakes & cupcakes
Cakes look custom-made when they’re frosted Frosting on the cake has come to mean an extra frippery or frivolity — something not necessary, but certainly enchanting. Nowhere
4 fabulous Fiesta Banana Cake recipes from 4 different decades
Allow two pieces per person when you serve this luscious, moist-rich Fiesta Banana Cake! It’s just too good to last! But who cares? Your cake baking reputation will be made.
Whirligig-design Devil’s food vintage chocolate cake recipe (1950)
This vintage devil’s food cake was called a “whirligig” in this recipe likely because of the spiderweb-like design in the chocolate on top. A whirligig is a
The best way to make a cake from scratch: Easy tips & checklists from the cake-baking masters of the 50s
Turns out the majority of baking techniques our great-grandparents used to make a cake from scratch still apply today.
Mince parfait pie & Date nut parfait pie (1952)
This delicious mince parfait pie is a twist on the old-fashioned favorite, mince pie. These holiday parfait pies are so beautiful, and so easy!
Easy ‘square dance’ retro checkerboard cake (1950)
This easy cake with a cute retro checkerboard cake is shown here in pink and yellow, but you could make it with any two-color combination
Try this nutty golden harvest pumpkin pie recipe from 1959
This nutty classic dessert recipe – a retro golden harvest pumpkin pie – is made the way grandma used to make it back in the fifties. Take a look!
Old-fashioned banana cream pie made with powdered milk (1956)
Never before a banana cream pie so light, so tender. Light in calories, too. The secret is ‘Magic Crystals’ that burst into fresh milk flavor, without heavy fat.
Pride O’Pumpkin cake will spice up your autumn (1953)
This Pride O’Pumpkin cake is a real holiday cake… fragrant with spices… crunchy with tender-sweet nuts. Get the retro recipe from the ’50s here!
Marshmallow fudge cake & Chocolate marshmallow cake recipes
Campfire marshmallow fudge cake (1925) 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups sugar 4 squares bitter chocolate, melted 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2
Classic chocolate & vanilla pinwheel cake recipe: No frosting – the chocolate topping is baked in
Pinwheel cake (1954) Terrific NEW cake idea! Chocolate topping baked right in. No frosting! A spectacular cake — rich and luscious because you use Baker’s Chocolate and
These evaporated milk recipes from the 1950s are surprisingly good & still worth making
Evaporated milk recipes from 1955 that prove a can of shelf-stable milk could do a lot — from frozen orange dessert to a quick, no-roux cheese sauce.
Polka dot pie with toasted marshmallows (1951)
To top off a meal or serve with late-evening coffee, this festive polka dot pie with toasted marshmallows is as cheerful as sunshine.
