Good Eating Monday: What Cake Was Popular Your Birth Year?
I ran across this fascinating article about "What Cakes Were Popular the Year You Were Born?" So for today's Good Eating, I'm going to share the list, but will only include photos of the particular cakes popular when I and my sisters were born. 1948-1956: The Chiffon Cake This was a moist, airy sponge cake made with whole eggs and fruit juice. A classic cake popular since the 1920's, it really became popular when it's secretive creator, Mr. Harry Baker, sold the his recipe to Betty Crocker in 1948. If you're interested in trying your hand at one, here's a recipe for Lemon Chiffon Cake at this blog, Jo Cooks. Pineapple Upside Cake was trending in 1950 and Baked Alaska, in 1955. 1957-1960: German Chocolate Cake Interestingly, this cake gets it's name from the sweet baking chocolate, German's Chocolate, invented by Sam German, that was the key ingredient in a Texas lady's recipe that became all the rage after it was ...