This is a very old handwritten recipe on an index card. The card is so old it’s thin and very worn around the edges. The card was in a plastic sleeve for protection and with a bunch of recipes in a recipe tin bought at auction. This is one of three cards I will publish […]
This is a promotional advertisement recipe clipping from a magazine, date unknown. There is an ad on the back for a girdle, I would guess this is from the 1970s. The ad appears to be a full left half of the magazine page. It isn’t easy–but it is elegant It’s GERMAN’S* SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE It […]
This is a handwritten recipe card for Devils Food Cake. The ingredients and instructions are typed as they are on the card, watch the note regarding dissolving the squares of chocolate. Devils Food Cake 1 1/2 c. white sugar 1/2 c. butter 2 eggs 1/2 c. sour milk 2 sqs chocolate, dissolved in (RecipeCurio note: […]
This is a full magazine page promo from Jell-O for Instant Pudding and Cling Peaches. No date on front or back, magazine unknown. Nobody makes a cake like Jell-O Pudding, Cling Peaches and you. To find out what makes a peach upside-down cake so good–look at it from the inside out. It starts with your […]
Full page magazine promo page for Duncan Hines with three different recipes, date on back is 1980. Magazine unknown. Duncan Hines Recipes Got a minute? Got a pan? Join Duncan Hines in Desserts with American Dash! One Pan! One Mix! No more than 3 things to add! No more than 35 minutes of your time!* […]
This is a large, full page pullout from a magazine. I believe the back cover? Paper is thick and somewhat glossy. Very worn and well used. Undated, picture on back suggests 1960’s? Betty Crocker says: “Choose the FRUIT CAKE you like best–all 3 from one basic recipe!” The choice is yours! There’s a Santa’s packful […]
Large, full page clipping from Woman’s Home Companion. Date on reverse is May 1948. Ummmm, plump rosy strawberries–when it comes to dreaming up a gay pretty-as-a-party dessert we think there’s NO BETTER BERRY! BY DOROTHY KIRK FOOD EDITOR We can’t think of a single fruit that inspires the all-out devotion a strawberry demands and gets. […]
Old magazine clipping, date unknown. IT’S A VALENTINE! Cake flour, 2 cups Baking powder, 3 teaspoons Salt, 1 teaspoon Sugar, 1 1/4 cups Shortening, 1/2 cup (use one recommended for quick-method cakes) Milk, 3/4 cup or half evaporated milk and half water Vanilla, 1 teaspoon Eggs, 2 Have all ingredients at room temperature before mixing. […]