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Peanut Blossoms recipe from 1970

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Applesauce Cake recipe from 1800

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Rough & Ready Bakes: I am passionate about old family bakes and rediscovering lost recipes. Sometimes my bakes are a little rough and ready, but that’s part of the fun of at-home baking!

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Fudge Cake recipe from 1936

This rich, chocolaty Fudge Cake recipe was discovered in a newspaper dated April 25, 1936. The cake is vintage, but the icing is a modern take on a classic fudge cake frosting. The extra little kick from the espresso powder and the Dutch-processed cocoa powder makes for the perfect blend of new and old.

Peanut Butter Cookie recipe from 1934

This peanut butter cookie recipe appeared in the Stillwater Post-Messenger on April 26, 1934. All credit for these soft, chewy cookies goes to Meta Goetschel as the person who contributed the recipe to the paper.

Chocolate Molasses Cake recipe from 1941

This Chocolate Molasses Cake recipe is from a newspaper dated June 9, 1941*. It’s rich and very moist, with a fudgy molasses flavour. It can be enjoyed topped with whipped cream, icing sugar, or served plain.

Mahogany Cake recipe from 1916

I discovered this soft, moist mahogany cake in Mary Jane's Cook Book published in 1916.

Erimine Frosting recipe from 1961

Ermine frosting is an old-fashioned frosting that used to be the traditional frosting for red velvet cakes before cream cheese frosting staked its claim. Sometimes referred to as "flour buttercream" or "boiled milk frosting", ermine is smooth, fluffy, and perfect for rich cakes like chocolate, red velvet, or golden vanilla cakes. It's the preferred icing anyone who finds modern buttercream frostings too sweet.

Coffee Cake recipe from 1961

This recipe first appeared in a newspaper dated July 13, 1961 labelled as “Elsie’s Prize Coffee Cake”. Due to it’s popularity, it was reprinted in 1963 and then again in 1969 as people kept writing into the newspaper asking for the recipe. This coffee cake recipe has a very unique ingredient: salad crème. Salad crème is an English-style dressing similar to mayonnaise but tangier. And the result is a moist coffee cake that will have you asking for another slice!