by RetroRuth | Dec 20, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday
Welcome to Day Two of the Five Days of Fruit Cake! There are many, many reasons why I picked today’s fruit cake for testing. The first reason is because it has the name “mystery” in the title. Whenever recipes have the word “mystery” or “surprise” in the title, I...
by RetroRuth | Dec 19, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday
This year for our Christmas baking we decided to throw all caution to the wind and to venture into the land of doorstops and vibrantly-colored, nuclear fruit. That’s right. This year it’s fruit cake for all! What’s funny is that during the mid-century, fruit cake was...
by RetroRuth | Dec 18, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
In preparation for the upcoming Five Days of Fruitcake here on the blog (starting on Friday, 12/20!) I thought I would pull this unusual, and somewhat controversial, fruitcake from our archive! Pork cake made us laugh and it made us cry, but the one thing that it...
by Erica | Dec 15, 2013 | Cookies & Bars, Guest Bloggers
When Retro Ruth emailed me this advertisement, I literally whooped with joy. It’s rare that a retro recipe looks like a winner from the beginning — but how can you go wrong with butter, sugar, chocolate, and pecans? Assuming there’s no nut allergies....
by RetroRuth | Dec 4, 2013 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
My favorite time of the year is here! I have to admit making cookies is one of the highlights of Christmas for me – I have already started planning for this year. Since I just looked up all these vintage recipes to decide what to make, I thought I would gather them...
by RetroRuth | Nov 20, 2013 | Desserts, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving
The biggest cooking day of the year is coming up! Are you ready for Thanksgiving? I am already starting to plan for T-Day, so I thought I would pull this recipe from the archives since I am planning on making this again this year. This pie is fun to make and tastes...
