by RetroRuth | Oct 14, 2015 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Halloween, Holiday
To keep the theme of freaky mid-century food going, I bring you the most hilarious cake we’ve ever made here on the blog: Banana Spook Cake. This thing is funny on so many levels, but mostly on the level of bananas sticking out of things. I mean, come on. Who can...
by RetroRuth | Oct 7, 2015 | Halloween, Holiday, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
‘Tis the season of frights and spooks and Halloween mayhem! For October I thought I would highlight some the the more…creep-tastic of our recipes. Some of these were supposed to be Halloween-themed, and some of them just happen to turn out like that. This is a good...
by RetroRuth | Sep 30, 2015 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Pie, The BEST
It’s grape season again, so I thought I would trot out this pie in case anyone else here has a bumper crop of grapes this year and needs to use them up. Or if you just want to make a deliciously grape-y pie. Yum! This year I decided to take some of our grape-harvest...
by RetroRuth | Sep 23, 2015 | Candy, Desserts, Hello Jell-O
Because I have nothing better to do and I enjoy hands-on gelatin research, this week I decided to mix gelatin with peanut butter. These are Peanut Butter Squares! From Candy Recipe De Luxe, Knox Gelatin, 1950 [cooked-sharing] Apparently, they are a Candy Recipe...
by RetroRuth | Sep 16, 2015 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
I think I run this post every year, but this cake is seriously that good and we make it all the time! Since it is apple season here in Michigan and I am breaking out the tested and delicious apple recipes from my collection, I thought I would remind everyone how good...
