No-Bake Festive Fruit Cake, 1953 – The Five Days of Vintage Fruit Cake

by RetroRuth | Dec 23, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holiday

This is it! The final day of The Five Days of Fruit Cake! And that is pretty funny, because we are ending this on a non-cake note. Unless you consider an icebox cake a cake. No-Bake Festive Fruit Cake Author: California Raisin Board, 1953 Ingredients 1/2 cup PET...

Lemon Rhubarb Cake – A Mid-Century Cake Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Jul 8, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts

I don’t know about you guys, but I got a TON of rhubarb in my garden this year. So, I decided to make some mid-century desserts with it! Here is a lovely piece of cake that I made from a vintage handwritten recipe card that I got with a recipe collection I recently...

Brownie S’mores With Easy Red, White and Blue Marshmallows – A Fourth of July Vintage Recipe Re-Run

by RetroRuth | Jul 1, 2013 | Best & Worst, Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Fourth of July, Holiday, The BEST

If you love S’mores, you are going to love this fun version made with brownies! We are trying to get in the patriotic spirit here on Mid-Century Menu, so I thought I would bust out this easy recipe from last July and share it again. It even has colored marshmallows!...

Brownie S’mores with Easy Red, White and Blue Marshmallows – A Fourth of July Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Jul 4, 2012 | Best & Worst, Desserts, The BEST

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone! I hope you are all participating in  – or planning to participate in – some fun today! Tom and I are just hanging out and relaxing today. Oh, and probably making up more of these bad boys: And by bad, this time I mean really,...