by RetroRuth | Aug 15, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
Even though we still have two gelatin winners to announce, I thought we could take a break to celebrate something that is almost as good as gelatin. Blueberries!! Since it is blueberry season here in Michigan and I’ve been DYING to make Blueberry Boy Bait forever, I...
by RetroRuth | Aug 1, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Contests, Desserts, Hello Jell-O, The BEST
I have to tell you something. I am completely pea- green with envy over Martha K.’s recipe collection. Not only did she send us this really easy and really good submission for the Glistening and Jiggly Contest, but she also sent us this recipe for a really good lamb...
by RetroRuth | May 9, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
So, right now I am in gelatin up to my elbows. Mixing, stirring, molding and unmolding delicious and deliciously questionable gelatin recipes that you wonderful people sent to me for our gelatin contest. So, I decided to bring out something that was ultra-yummy and...
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 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...
by RetroRuth | Apr 7, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings
It’s Day #7, and here is the seventh lamb cake! The recipe for this cute little guy was sent to me by Laura, who writes: I am writing on behalf of my mother Susan who read about your Lamb Cake issues. She wants you to know that she uses the recipe from...
