by RetroRuth | Apr 25, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
I cannot resist cakes with weird ingredients. I just can’t. So, when I came across a recipe for a chocolate cake that had, as the “secret” ingredient, a can of condensed tomato soup, I knew I was going to have to make it. The recipe came from a recent Salvation Army...
by RetroRuth | Apr 18, 2012 | Main Dishes, Pork
So, if you are anything like me, you have about eight pounds of leftover Easter Ham in your fridge or freezer right now, just mocking you. Well, maybe not mocking you. But it’s not exactly in there thinking about how it’s going to make itself into delicious dishes...
by RetroRuth | Apr 11, 2012 | Contests, Hello Jell-O
I think it’s about time for another contest, don’t you??? Yeah. I think it’s about that time. And the theme of this contest??? Gelatin! Jell-O. Knox. The jiggly stuff. The good stuff. The stuff that glued our childhoods together. The stuff that held bits of...
by RetroRuth | Apr 9, 2012 | Lamb Cakes & Frostings, MCMenu Fun
Whew!! The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes has come to a close and was it ever fun! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed, commented and generally followed along as I worked my way from last year’s lamb cake disaster to finding my Grandmother’s lamb cake (the Renalde...
by RetroRuth | Apr 8, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
Happy Easter, Everyone! I don’t know what happened with this guy, but he ended up looking a bit more like a puppy than a lamb! Either way, this is lamb cake number 8, Nun’s Golden Butter cake. This cake recipe came from a 1968 issue of Mail Box News from...
