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Black Magic Chocolate Cake Made With Condensed Tomato Soup – A Retro Recipe Test

Black Magic Chocolate Cake Made With Condensed Tomato Soup – A Retro Recipe Test

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...
Nun’s Golden Butter Cake – Eight Days of Lamb Cake

Nun’s Golden Butter Cake – Eight Days of Lamb Cake

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...
The Joy of Cooking Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes

The Joy of Cooking Lamb Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes

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...

Lady Baltimore Lambie Cake – The Eight Days of Lamb Cakes

by RetroRuth | Apr 6, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings

Are you sick of lamb cakes yet? Well, you’d better hang in there because we have two more days to go! This is yet another recipe from Martha K.!  I am telling you, she sent me some awesome stuff! This is a Lady Baltimore version of the Lambie Cake, and I chose...

Martha Meade Lamb Cake – Eight Days of Lamb Cakes

by RetroRuth | Apr 5, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings

Look at this face!!! This adorable face belongs to lamb cake number 5, Martha Meade’s Lamb Cake.  This is yet another recipe that came from the huge stash of recipes from Martha K. (Hi, Martha!) and I picked this one to try out because it has something that not...

Pope Family Lamb Cake – Eight Days Of Lamb Cakes

by RetroRuth | Apr 4, 2012 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, Lamb Cakes & Frostings

Welcome to Day 4 of our 8 Eight Days of lamb cakes!  I hope you guys are enjoying the tested recipes!  Today we have a great one, which was sent to us by Natalie Pope. Cute, huh? Natalie writes: Ms. Clark: I saw the article in today’s WSJ. I have been...
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