Last year I made a vintage lamb cake for Easter and I was so proud of how it turned out. This year, I was even more excited to make another one and after reading one of my favourite children's book to my niece and nephew, 'Where is the Green Sheep?', I thought I'd make a … Continue reading Baking a Vintage Easter Lamb Cake that went Horribly Wrong
It's been a while since I baked a cake from a vintage recipe and although some attempts were better than others, I thought in order to celebrate St Patricks day, we would all come together to bake an Irish Potato Cake from a 1930's recipe. For those that don't know, I lived in Ireland for … Continue reading Baking a Vintage Irish Potato Cake from 1930
We all know that vintage jelly recipes leave a lot to be desired; many are more of a miss than a hit (don't even get me started on some of the recipes I've started... eww), but I've been asked repeatedly since last Christmas to try out some vintage recipes. So here we are, one year … Continue reading Making a Vintage Christmas Jelly
So I've taken a break from filming but I still love to test out vintage recipes so I thought in true Witchy Wednesday tradition, I will try my hand at a vintage recipe. After last years struggle of an attempt, I thought I might give myself a bit of a break and try something easy … Continue reading Making Pumpkin Soup from 1946
https://youtu.be/efU3swBSL9k We are back with more vintage cooking but this time, I tackle a recipe from the King himself, Elvis. Now Elvis has quite the interesting pallet when it comes to cuisine and is known for some interesting culinary preferences. So I thought today we would try a favourite of King's and see what it's … Continue reading I made Elvis Presley’s Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
We are all adjusting to a different type of Easter long weekend this year so it's totally okay to try new things or just do very little. To try and boost myself and my mood I thought, let's do some vintage baking. We've done a few vintage recipes already (for Halloween and Valentines Day) and … Continue reading Baking a Vintage Easter Lamb Cake
Despite my questionable attempt at baking for Halloween, I thought it's about time to get back onto the cooking horse and try some more vintage recipes but this time, for Valentine's Day. After a fair amount of research and looking through old cookbooks and recipes online, I found a vintage treat with a confusing name … Continue reading Making Vintage Valentines “Salad” (1952)
Hello guys and ghouls! Today is the final installment of my Witchy Wednesday series and I've had a lot of fun coming up with vintage Halloween inspiration for you all. Today, we do something a little bit new and exciting which is testing out a vintage recipe. Now I love baking but I'm definitely not … Continue reading Witchy Wednesday – Baking a Vintage Halloween Cake
As part of my journey with Pinup Doll Australia, we are required to support a charity and raise funds. I have chosen Endometriosis Australia and so far hosted a cocktail night, a lazer tag supersession, and most recently, a high tea. I enjoyed hosting the high tea so much that I thought I'd write up my … Continue reading How to Host a Vintage High Tea with Miss MonMon