Tea this week was a vintage baking affair. Do you ever try recipes out of old cookbooks? I love to cook from vintage cookbooks. They usually have some very low key but amazing recipes because they are tried and true by the cooks that put the cook book together.
This cookbook was put together by a church. It is titled: Favorite Recipes from Flagler County Kitchens. It was a recipe book my Mom had that was from where she grew up. I saw it at her house last week and took it home as soon as I saw it. The recipe I picked to bake was the Banana Cream Cake. I love how the pages are splattered with cake batter from a previous cook, probably my Grandmother.
Here is how it turned out! I love recipes from the 50's because you have everything you need to bake them already on hand and they almost always surprise me and turn out this beautiful. I'll share the recipe tomorrow.
I haven't used this chintzware pattern for tea in awhile. I just love this pretty pattern. It is called Welbeck by Royal Winton. Do you like to bake vintage?
Sherry
I will link this to:
Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage
A Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life
Tea Cup Tuesday at Martha's Favorites
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups
Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life
Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House
Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage
Your Going to Love it Tuesday At Kathe with an E
The Scoop at Confessions of a Plate Addict
Totally Terrific Tuesday at Live Randomly Simple
Project Inspire at An Extraordinary Day
Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Share your Style Thursday at Common Ground
Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of the Home
What to Do Weekends at Shoestring Elegance
Idea Box Thursday at Mila's Little Things
I do love to bake from old cook-books. I have an old Mennonite book that is filled with simple and delicious recipes. I use it often. That cake looks so good and I look forward to the recipe. Love the tea-cup, too. Deb
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post about older cookbooks. My grandmother gave me one published by her church. I treasure it for it has some recipes she contributed. Your china caught my attention for my mother and I both have this pattern and love it! I am a fan of all kinds of chintz china especially from England. The new Grace teaware from China has two patterns of chintz which I bought at Home Goods recently! Hope you will pop over and view my post this week! Have a wonderful week and that cake looks absolutely yummy!
ReplyDeletePam
I love collecting recipes of all kinds and the old ones are the best. That banana cake looks so pretty and I bet it taste good too.
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE your post! Really speaks to my heart! There is just something comforting about holding an old cookbook or handwritten recipe that can't be duplicated! Thank you for your post! Reminds me of times long ago! Blessings, Lynn
ReplyDeleteI still remember 300 strokes!. They few times I mix by hand I still find myself counting. Cake looks good!
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE Welbeck! Gorgeous! I have a lot of old cookbooks from family as well. The cake is absolutely gorgeous...and bet it tasted as good as it looks! Gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteRuth
Surprise! A mid-week visit fom me! I love old church cookbooks like this. I had an old one that my daughter perused and loved so I gave it to her. I agree about the appeal, and the splatters too! Your cake is beautiful. I always think of baking when I think of fall approaching. But you do it all the time!
ReplyDeleteOh that recipe book has to be a little treasure. And that banana cream pie looks amazing. It is one of my favorite cakes but I have never made it. I think you have inspired me to give it a try. This is the kind of post I love to read. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnd your china is stunning by the way.
Janet
I love all things banana so your yummy banana cream cake made me drool! I'm also a huge fan of your beautiful yellow chintzware.
ReplyDeleteSherry, I love your chintz. What a pretty pattern. I almost always bake vintage. I do try new recipes now and then but the old ones I know best and they never fail me. Your cake looks amazing! I wish my hubby was more of a cake eater. Thanks for sharing and joining me for Tea Time.
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Sandi
Oh Sherry, your cake looks so beautiful and I'm sure your family devoured it! I simply adore your chintz teacup and teapot. I also take the prettiest photos!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great vintage recipe and cake! I do love old recipes and baking!
ReplyDeleteHello Sherry, It is lovely to stop by for tea with you : )
ReplyDeleteYour tea cup and tea pot in Welbeck is gorgeous! I love that pattern and I have the same tea pot as you. I do cook out of old cookbooks, but that is because I am old...lol!!! I have had them for 30 odd years. They are falling apart.
Mmmmmmm, that dessert looks so amazing!
Hugs,
Terri
Love those old cookbooks with the baking bits and crumb crusted pages Sherry! Your chintzware is so pretty and I'm craving cake for breakfast now!
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