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Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today's Sweet Tooth [Hardcover]

Julie Richardson
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July 31, 2012
A charming collection of updated recipes for both classic and forgotten cakes, from a timeless yellow birthday cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, to the new holiday standard, Gingerbread Icebox Cake with Mascarpone Mousse, written by a master baker and coauthor of Rustic Fruit Desserts.

  Make every occasion—the annual bake sale, a birthday party, or even a simple Sunday supper—a celebration with this charming collection of more than 50 remastered classics.
 
Each recipe in Vintage Cakes is a confectionary stroll down memory lane. After sifting through her treasure trove of cookbooks and recipe cards, master baker and author Julie Richardson selected the most inventive, surprising, and just plain delicious cakes she could find. The result is a delightful and delectable time capsule of American baking, with recipes spanning a century.

Each cake has been expertly tested and retooled using the best ingredients and most up-to-date techniques. With precise and careful guidance, Richardson guides home bakers—whether total beginners or seasoned cooks—toward picture-perfect meringues, extra-creamy frostings, and lighter-than-air chiffons.

A few of the dreamy cakes that await: a chocolatey Texas Sheet Cake as large and abundant as its namesake state, the boozy Not for Children Gingerbread Bundt cake, and the sublime Lovelight Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream. With recipes to make Betty Crocker proud, these nostalgic and foolproof sweets rekindle our love affair with cakes.

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“Bakers will invent reasons to whip up the treats in Vintage Cakes, coached by Julie Richardson's precise and enthusiastic directions.”
 —Shelf Awareness for Readers, 8/3/12

“The cakes in this book somehow manage to seem fresh and new while simultaneously feeling familiar and immediately lovable….Whether you are considered to be The Cake Baker among your friends or just love a good dessert at the end of the day, there's a recipe or three in this book that will make you smile.”
 —The Kitchn, 7/31/12

“In Julie Richardson’s capable hands we are led back in time, down the cake walk. It takes a precise and meticulous baker to show us the way and here we are lucky to be guided by Julie’s confident voice. These recipes are tested and true for today’s bakers.”
—Kim Boyce, author of Good to the Grain and owner of Bakeshop

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1607741024
  • ISBN-13: 978-1607741022
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julie Richardson is the owner and head baker of Baker & Spice, a small-batch bakery and café in Portland, Oregon. Julie is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and the co-author of Rustic Fruit Desserts. Her sweet tooth led her to open her first bakery, Good Earth, in Ketchum, Idaho. Upon moving to Portland, she fell in love with the farms and fruits of the Pacific Northwest and launched Baker & Spice from a stall at the farmers' market in 1999. You can find Julie most days baking up cakes, croissants, and pies at Baker & Spice or teaching classes up the street at Sweetwares, her retail bakeware shop. When Julie is not baking, she can be found digging in her garden. She lives in Portland with her husband, Matt, and their many four-legged friends.

Customer Reviews

I have so far made only 2 recipes in this book. Leilani K. Burns  |  14 reviewers made a similar statement
The photography is beautifully done, and it is very well written. Sarahkristen00  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Surprise: What's Old is New (to me) Again! August 15, 2012
By lhk
Format:Hardcover
The consistent success I had with Richardson's Rustic Fruit Desserts made me curious about this book (her seasonal fruit recipes are now go-to's as they never fail to make me look like a baking genius.) I don't bake cake often and frankly, was skeptical about needing "another cake book" but...WOAH...this book makes me want to bake cake! The recipes seem do-able for a baker like me (enthusiastic but not a pro). I have already tried the Kentucky Bourbon and Harvey Wallbanger recipes and both are fantastic, boozy "man" cakes - delicious and celebratory without being frufru (I was trying to find just the right cake for my husband's 50th birthday and the Kentucky Bourbon cake is it!) I can't wait to work my way through the rest of this book - the Lemon and Almond Streamliner cake, the Lemon Queen Cake (served in tea cups!), The chocolate Grammy Cake and The Rhubarb Pudding Cake are all on my list of what to bake, next. Would love to hear what recipes others have tried with great results.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great cake cookbook! August 25, 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have so far made only 2 recipes in this book. Loved the results. I made the Butterscotch Cream Roll up cake....Devine, light, rich and a very easy thing to make. It was a small cake, perfect if you dont want a full size layer cake and it hold up well in the fridge. I also made the Berry Long Cake with ginger crumb. I used only strawberries, as thats all I had. I went easy w/the ginger. We loved the texture of the corn meal. delish!
Beautiful book and lovely photographs.Im an experienced baker, so it was all pretty easy for me, but Im sure a novice could follow the directions.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Barely any pictures! Leaves you uninspired November 25, 2012
By ml09
Format:Hardcover
I've made a couple recipes from this book (the Kentucky Bourbon Bundt Cake and the Texas Sheet Cake), and I must say that both turned out wonderfully. I was especially a big fan of the Kentucky Bourbon Bundt Cake, and would go on to say it's one of my favorite bundt cake recipes.

My problem with this book, however, is its lack of visuals. The whole concept behind the cookbook -- updating old-fashioned recipes for more contemporary tastes -- is wonderful. Unfortunately, a lot of the recipes don't have accompanying pictures! I've never heard of most of the cakes since a lot of the recipes are truly vintage (the author discovered most in a random box in her bakery's attic), so it would really be great to have accompanying visuals. For instance, how am I supposed to know what a Shinny cake looks like if it dates back to 1898 and isn't commonly found in modern times? Or another example is that the author's much beloved and incredibly popular Pink Champagne Cake -- it sounds great but it doesn't even have a photo! Is it actually pink? I have no idea.

As a result, flipping through the text-heavy book leaves me feeling uninspired and scared to try any of the recipes since I don't know what the end result will look like. I guess I just don't like flying blind while baking, which is something this book seems more than comfortable with letting you do.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars review on Italian cream cake
I just made the Italian cream cake and holy mother of Satan is it ever $#@%&^# amazing and I am still shivering. Read more
Published 2 days ago by lisa
4.0 out of 5 stars very pretty book!
bought this as part of a wedding gift for someone. But the images were beautiful, and it looks like an awesome gift
Published 4 days ago by H. Tymann
5.0 out of 5 stars I "ATE UP" EVERY PAGE!
A 'must own' in hard cover or on Kindle for anyone over 50 who has not had a homemade cake confection that could 'light a candle' to those in memory! Read more
Published 8 days ago by Diana Hayes
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
The recipes I have tried are simply yummy. It is a nice addition to my collection. Well written and enough photos.
Published 8 days ago by Janis Peet
4.0 out of 5 stars Gourgous
It is a beautiful book. The recipes all sound delicious. I had one friend borrow it and make a few recipes which she said were wonderful.
Published 10 days ago by Jesse
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource Fun and Interesting Old-timey Cakes!
I absolutely love this book! It is filled with tons of gorgeous photos as well as plenty of recipes for cakes that your grandma would have made back in the day. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Heather Spadaccini
4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous book, delicious recipes
I received this book as a holiday gift, and I've made the cover recipe (chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream) on two occasions. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Camburides
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Recipes
So far I really like this book. I havent had time to make many of them yet but the ones I have made have turned out great. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Linda Hays
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome product
A+++ great instructions with plenty of pictures. I have made several recipes in this book and all of them are hits. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Juliana25
5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Gift
My daughter loves the recipes and layout. It's a treasure for one who loves baking, or could be a
coffee table treat.
Published 1 month ago by Suzanne
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