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100+ vintage cake recipes for every occasion

1910s

Sweet! More than 100 classic cake recipes for every occasion

If you’re looking for a vintage-style dessert for a special occasion, check out more than a hundred different classic cake recipes to suit all tastes!

1970s

Remember Snackin’ Cake – the ’70s dessert you could mix, bake and serve in 1 pan?

Make all eight kinds of Snackin Cake something special to eat. And since you mix, bake and serve it in the same plan, they’re especially convenient, too.

1960s

Apple pie dump cake recipe & vintage dump cake how-tos

Without a doubt, the humble dump cake has one of the worst names ever, but this sweet treat has still managed to stay popular since its introduction in the mid-sixties. See step-by-step photos for an apple pie dump cake recipe here!

1980s

Mayonnaise Chocolate Sensation cake recipe (1985)

What is the secret of this rich, moist, delicious cake? Here’s a hint: Its full name is the Mayonnaise Chocolate Sensation cake. Get this surprisingly tasty recipe from 1985!

1950s

Festive ice cream cone cupcakes (1957)

Here’s an old-fashioned favorite perfect for a child’s birthday party: ice cream cone cupcakes! We have the vintage recipe right here.

1980s

How to make a classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake (1980s)

Even a white Christmas should have a rainbow, so here’s how to make a vintage holiday dessert: classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake!

1960s

Have yourself a little tomato soup fruitcake for a very retro Christmas (1960s)

Here’s a recipe for a surprise holiday cake! It’s a tomato soup fruitcake that you make it with Campbell’s tomato soup. Get the retro recipe right here.

1970s

Ruby Slipper Bundt cake recipe, plus how to make an orange jello pound cake (1978)

The Ruby Slipper Bundt cake recipe is a Jell-O poke cake-style dessert – a unique cake with raspberry gelatin baked right in! A bonus recipe is a similar treat: an orange jello pound cake.

Bake someone happy with this sensational seventies Graham streusel cake

1970s

Bake someone happy with this sensational graham streusel cake from the seventies

This delicious vintage Graham streusel cake starts with a boxed mix, the batter divided and adorned with a streusel-type crunch, and after baking, is drizzled with a light powdered sugar glaze.

Men like puddings Fudge batter pudding recipe from 1950 (1)

1950s

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!

1980s

Jell-O pudding Stripe-It-Rich poke cakes (1982)

Stripe-it-Rich pudding poke cakes make ordinary cakes extraordinary. It’s easy! Use the Jell-O instant pudding mixture to frost, fill and stripe. Here’s how.

7 sweet & scrumptious Bundt cakes from the '70s

1970s

7 sweet & scrumptious Bundt cake recipes from the ’70s

If you’re looking for some delicious Bundt cake recipes to serve at your next holiday party — or any time of year, for that matter

1970s

Pastel Clouds cupcakes recipe: Flavored and colored with Jello (1978)

If you want to try some fruity-flavored Pastel Clouds cupcakes – tasty treats that taste like lemon or lime, strawberry or raspberry, orange or grape – make them easily by combining cake mix with gelatin.

1960s

Venetian rum cake recipe (1968)

Make this beautiful custard-filled Venetian rum cake the day before you plan to serve it, and add the toasty meringue topping shortly before serving.

1940s

Make a cute & classic chintz cake (1941)

A quaint, old-fashioned idea for a modern cake! You’ll see the beautiful results in this chintz cake — so easy to make.

1940s

Make a cute marshmallow bunny birthday cake (1941)

This jolly marshmallow bunny birthday cake is adorable, especially light for children, and so easy to make!

1950s

Quick, like a bunny! Make this Easter egg cake (1953)

Here’s the way to make a happy Easter surprise — a decorated Easter egg cake!

1980s

Pineapple, coconut & rum mingle in this tropical pina colada cake (1986)

This pina colada cake is an attractive, delicious dessert made with packaged yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, coconut — and, of course, rum.

1970s

Saucy apple swirl cake recipe (1979)

It tastes like you spent the whole day baking — but this mouth-watering saucy apple swirl cake will take you hardly any time at all.

Marshmallows and nuts on top of Watergate cake

1970s

Watergate cake recipe & cover-up icing (1975-1977)

What is a Watergate Cake? It’s the popular dessert made with a recipe that was passed around a lot in the mid-1970s. In the name of historical research, we decided to give this vintage cake recipe try! Here’s how it turned out.

1970s

Pistachio Inside-Outside Cake recipe (1976)

Making a new dessert that your family will love isn’t a tough nut to crack when you have this Pistachio Inside-Outside cake recipe, made with pistachio flavor instant pudding and cake mix!

1960s

Jelly bean carousel cake recipe (1965)

Here is a junior spectacular for such a world-shattering occasion as a child’s birthday party. Anyone who loves jelly beans (doesn’t everyone?) will love it.

1960s

The Easter Egg Cake recipe (1969)

This Easter cake isn’t super-simple to make — there are, in fact, three diagrams to help you assemble it — but the finished product is likely to impress coconut lovers and kids alike!

1980s

Elegant strawberry-apricot cake (1987)

Elegant strawberry-apricot cake How do you top this tempting cake? The only way to top our elegant strawberry-apricot cake is with your own colorful Cake

1980s

Chocolate angel swirl cake recipe (1986)

Create a taste of heaven Dreams of a heavenly light Christmas will come true when you start with Duncan Hines light, delicious angel food cake. Chocolate

1950s

7 vintage 7-Up cake recipes

Try one of these vintage 7-Up cake recipes! “Never before have you had a cake so light, so airy, so high, and with such a delightful new flavor.”

Cherry Christmas tree cake vintage recipe 1986

1980s

Cherry Christmas tree cake vintage dessert recipe (1986)

Create a holiday sensation with Duncan Hines & a bowl full of cherries Duncan Hines special moistness and your special touch create a holiday sensation, the

4 Christmas desserts: Gumdrop wreath, Popcorn snowman & more (1969)

1960s

Charming classic Christmas treats to give: Vintage holiday recipes from the 1960s

Caramel crunch popcorn Ingredients 1-1/3 cups sugar 1 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 8 cups popped corn 1

1980s

How to make the famous Bacardi rum cake (1982)

How to make the famous Bacardi rum cake Now make it with regular or pudding cake mix Bacardi rum cake recipe Cake ingredients 1 cup

1950s

White Christmas cake with mincemeat: An old-fashioned holiday recipe (1952)

Make this pretty White Christmas cake with mincemeat that’s even better than mistletoe for catchin’ kisses! Get the how-to here, using boxed cake mix.

1970s

Make a circus train cake (1972)

Circus train cake recipe This circus train makes a perfect birthday cake for a child! After you bake and frost this fun cake, let the

1950s

Cherry Blush cake recipe (1952)

“Homemade goodness goes to a party!” Cherry Blush Cake recipe So right for February! So easy with Aunt Jemima Silver Cake Mix! Follow package directions,

1970s

Green Angel Lime Cake recipe (1978)

This Green Angel Lime Cake recipe is based on angel food cake, but gets a little extra zip from the addition of green lime flavor Jello – then the whole thing is slathered in a light fluffy fruit-flavored frosting.