What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?
a 100 year old recipe, the history of birthday cake, and why we put candles on them.
The Marie Antoinette Diet
Marie Antoinette loved dessert, and even the water she drank was sweetened; she would keep pounded sugar on hand and stir in a few spoonfuls before drinking it. The daughter…
What Grocery Shopping Was Like in the Middle Ages
Medieval Cherry Cheesecake
Pecan Pie without Corn Syrup from 1914
This 1914 recipe makes a kind of pecan custard for the filling. It’s smooth, not gelatinous and gooey like modern pecan pie, and isn’t as sickly sweet. You get way…
Corn Crème Brûlée
recipe
pumpion pie
historical recipe
Stovetop Chocolate Cake
130 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour29 grams (⅓ cup) cocoa powder1 teaspoon baking soda¼ teaspoon table salt198 grams (1 cup packed) light brown sugar2 large eggs1 teaspoon instant espresso powder1/2…
Thousand Layer Apple
Inspired by the viral thousand layer potato, but with apples & a brown sugar cinnamon butter mixture.