Vintage Molasses Cookies
Thoughts: This was a slightly tricky recipe, since it was only a partial list of ingredients. It comes from the family cookbook, …
Vintage Vegan: Eggless, butterless, milkless cake
Thoughts: With a hand-typed recipe and a name like that, how could I resist? This is the latest recipe from the very …
Historical Hot Chocolate, 1631
Thoughts: This is the most decadent hot cocoa I have ever encountered. Made thick and creamy by the emulsified ground nuts, it …
Seedcake – The Hobbit
I ate two slices before I could slow down and focus on adjectives, rather than just scarfing down the tasty, tasty morsels. …
Love Knots for Tea
Thoughts: As the cookbook says, “little cakes folded over in the form of love knots are nice for tea”, and I couldn’t …
17th C. Candied Sweet Potatoes
Thoughts: This recipe surprised me. I had been looking for likely candidates for fictional and historical Thanksgiving recipes, when I stumbled upon …
Cider Cake
Thoughts: Cider, for me, is the epitome of Autumn. Dense, moist, and characterized by that distinctive spiced cider flavor, this cake is an …