Vintage dessert recipes
Classic strawberry torte recipe (1967)
Four thin yellow cake layers tower upward – separated by thick creamy whipped cream with fresh berries – in this delicious classic strawberry torte recipe from the ’60s!
Four thin yellow cake layers tower upward – separated by thick creamy whipped cream with fresh berries – in this delicious classic strawberry torte recipe from the ’60s!
This Luscious layered blueberry delight is a super-easy no-bake retro dessert recipe from 1978 that uses a base of graham crackers.
Here, get old-fashioned elderberry recipes for wine, elderberry jam & jelly, cobbler, pie and more delicious vintage-style treats!
Cranberries, like the turkey, have become traditional for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners – and these 20 classic cranberry sauce will add the ruby-red jewel to your feast.
Today, many of the great desserts of old are being rediscovered and enjoyed – luxurious offerings like the Victorian classic Charlotte Russe.
These two classic strawberry shortcake recipes come from the early 20th century, when fresh strawberries were often saved for special desserts like these.
Booze-free beverages were all the rage after prohibition kicked in, so from a huge collection of suggestions published in 1919, we found these 30 fruity non-alcoholic drink recipes that would still work well today.
6 different ways to preserve fresh raspberries Raspberries are such a perishable fruit that they should be preserved as soon as possible after their arrival
Late summer is the season when raspberries are abundant, cheap and in the best condition for making jams, preserves and jellies. Here are six old-fashioned recipes for raspberry jam!
On saving the berries of July for December by Margaret Hamelin 1. Gooseberry conserve recipe Wash and stem five pounds of gooseberries and add four
Steamed raspberry pudding Ingredients: One egg, one-half cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuls sugar, one tablespoonful butter, one-half tablespoonful baking powder sifted into one cupful of
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