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What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?

Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 0:30 MJA Uncategorized 29

I make myself a chocolate birthday cake using a 100 year old recipe, and I explore the history of birthday cake and why we put candles on them.
–Tasting History with Max Miller.

29 Comments on What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?

  5. Loco, cooooool. Something every generation can agree on. Even my kids like them.

    And like generations before…experience the heartbreak when you finally put the cockpit in…and see a crazy glue thumb print on the inside.

    Or put that last decal on…only to have it break in half…or it’s crooked so you try to smooch it over with your finger but that only rumples the decal up so you smooth it out and that rubs holes in it..

    I hear good things about model railroads though.

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  10. I’ve been watching his recipe videos on YouTube. He’s very good, funny, historically accurate, and works hard on getting the pronunciation right. I’m about to make his Pumpion pie, which looked really good. Yay for Max Miller!

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  13. @Loco, my sister just gave me a model kit she found going thru some boxes of my grandmothers things. My grandfather used to buy me models as a kid and he would buy the paints and glue and we would spend days in the garage or basement together painting and assembling them. Those were memorable times. Must have never gotten to this one. I’ve shopped a few of the nearby stores but nobody seems to carry modeling supplies anymore. I will have to order online I guess.but I am actually looking forward to building it. It’s been probably 50 years since I’ve built one. I think it will be fun. Especially the glue part.😉

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  15. @Mansfield, don’t have Hobby Lobby but there is a Michael’s and I’ll try them. And you’re right. Perusing the internet I was dumbfounded at the prices of models. My biggest hurdle is that its a P40 Warhawk so I’ll need a lot of different flat colors and man are the paints expensive.

  17. I hate recipes that call for ingredients measured in grams and not ounces or pounds and no equivalence measurements to know how much you need to use. It’s a small thing but it bugs me since I have to find a equivalence chart to make sure that I’m measuring it right. Internet recipes are especially notorious for using grams/milliliters etc. for measuring purposes. The only 100 year old cake he might find would be an old fruitcake that’s been passed down from one generation to the next or used as a doorstop.

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  18. Yellow Cake

    1 c butter, softened
    1 1/2 c sugar
    2 1/2 teas baking powder
    3/4 teas salt
    1 T vanilla extract
    4 lg eggs
    3 c flour
    1 c milk

    Mix all but the eggs, milk and flour together; then eggs, half the milk and flour. Finally add rest of flour. 9 by 13 prepared pan 350 degrees around 40 to 45 min.

    I made recently with chocolate frosting aka “butter cream”
    Just happened to have the cut out recipe near laptop

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  19. Answerman C, nut flour was commomly used for baking back in the day. Almond milk was a common cooking ingredient in the middle ages.
    Funny how the woke think they invented it.

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  22. I have my great-great- grandmothers recipe book. It has some unique units of measure employed within it’s pages. A walnut shell of salt, two handfuls of raisins etc… also instructions on how to keep the wood oven hot for baking, recipes for stove black, how to corn beef, how to whiten your sheets in the sun etc..
    Quite an in1teresting read.

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  24. ooooh again
    That guys technique I will try.
    Add a spoon of flour and mix before adding eggs so they don’t curdle.
    And the “Slack oven” technique sounds like baking pumpkin pie only an even lower temp.

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  26. @LocoBlancoSaltine
    @Burr, completely plastic molded
    @Different Tim
    @Mansfield Lovell
    Mr. Kakaklogical is an avid modeler. I can’t tell you the hours I’ve spent watching videos of how to make the models more realistic.
    He just finished a Japanese tank and is working on a DD445 Fletcher. He prefers Tamiya models. He makes his own decals. It is fun to see his creations!
    We take serious advantage of Hobby Lobby’s 40% off coupons!

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  28. I spent a good deal of my youth building model cars and planes, until I was old enough to play with the real things. Later I helped my son build a few. Video games pretty much killed the industry.

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