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Pinto Bean Cake – A Mid-Century Recipe Test

Pinto Bean Cake – A Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Oct 2, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts

My obsession with weird-ingredient desserts continues. This week we are making a cake with a fun addition: Pinto Beans! It’s called, unsurprisingly, Pinto Bean Cake. I found this recipe in a stash of newspaper clippings from the 1970’s that I recently bought on eBay....

Date Nut Bread – The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook Virtual Dinner Party

by RetroRuth | Mar 18, 2012 | Desserts

After the Peanut Butter Bread debacle of last week, I decided it was time to get back on the mid-century recipe horse and try quick bread again.  But which recipe? I dug through cookbooks. I flipped through magazines. I even got out my collection of recipe cards. I...
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