Hi everyone!
Wow, no post since June - yikes! lol Well, no worries I bring you sweet things in apology. :D During one of my vintage stops over the Summer I found this little gem. Actually it's not so little, this thing weighs a ton.
(Notice the grease pencil price, wasn't that sweet of someone?)
I was first attracted to it because of the great 1950s illustrations, like this one:
But once I looked at the Table of Contents, I realized just how "encyclopedic" this cookbook was:
There are many, many great recipes in this book but today I'm going to share the "Gold Nugget Cake" recipe with you.
Gold Nugget Cake2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 sour milk or buttermilk
1 cup mashed bananas (2 to 3)
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 bananas, sliced
Sift flour, baking powder, soda and salt together. Add milk to mashed bananas. Cream shortening with sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients and milk mixture alternately in small amounts, beating well after each addition. Stir in flavoring.
Pour into greased pans and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool. Put layers together with Banana Frosting and sliced bananas. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake and garnish with sliced bananas. Makes 2 8-inch layers.
Banana Frosting1/2 cup mashed banana (1 large banana)
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 cup butter
1 pound (3 1/2 cups) confectioner's sugar, sifted
Mix banana and lemon juice together. Cream butter with 1 cup sugar, then add banana and enough of the remaining sugar to make mixture thick enough to spread.
If anyone tries this recipe, I'd love to know what you think! Do you like to cook from vintage cookbooks?
And a look on the inside:
And my absolute fave:
Oh my, I've got to try some of these patterns! Here's a look on the inside:
Any awesome finds for you lately?
And now for the slickest pair of crochet booklets you ever did see:
I told my husband I was going to crochet him one of these vests and he laughed in my face. Well, we'll just see whose laughing in the end...Muwahahahahaha!
(Image used with permission by Vintage Knits)
I remember she had a coo-coo clock that hung on her living room wall and I just loved it! (Still want to get one of those!) She also had these three ceramic cats on her coffee table. They were all orange, in different poses with green jeweled eyes. I would play with them whenever we went over to her house.
(Notice the grease pencil price, wasn't that sweet of someone?)
But once I looked at the Table of Contents, I realized just how "encyclopedic" this cookbook was:
There are many, many great recipes in this book but today I'm going to share the "Gold Nugget Cake" recipe with you.
