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Vintage Cakes

Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today's Sweet Tooth
ksoles
Jan 08, 2013ksoles rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
To produce "Vintage Cakes," professional baker and author Julie Richardson spent months baking vintage recipes, updating ingredients and methodology to revive formulae from a time when a cupcake was literally a cake from a cup. On one hand, this book extends far beyond the classic Victoria Sponge; it revitalizes forgotten delicacies such as Texas Sheet cake and Ozark Pudding Cake and makes them accessible to the modern baker. On the other, Richardson can't technically call these cakes "vintage" because she has manipulated the recipes so much ("retro" seems a more accurate adjective). Those looking for recipes straight from "the good old days" will find themselves disappointed by these newer versions. Also, the book feels rather thin for such a wide topic and not every recipe includes a photo. Overall, "Vintage Cakes" contain several delicious-sounding and unusual cakes and provide a venue in which to discover lost classics. Just don't expect those classics in their original forms.