Cakes Men Like (Hardcover)

by Benjamin Darling (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
In the '30s, '40s, and '50s, food companies competed for housewives' loyalty by giving away illustrated recipe booklets. Decorated throughout with cheery color illustrations culled from the original pamphlets, this compendium of the best (and most incredible) cake recipes of the era will amuse and instruct bakers everywhere.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 60 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811800075
• ISBN-13: 978-0811800075
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,836,227 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars and women loves too!, May 7, 2007

By	Leni Zunino "fondant fan" (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Better that I thought. An old book from the 50's but the recipes are easy and can be done. In fact, I found that this books has interesting and different recipes that the ones you find in modern books. Besides the recipes with 7-up, the others are "normal". I do not know what they named it the cake men like, it should be cakes everybody like.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cakesorama!!, March 29, 2007

By	Nancy Jaffer "SURPR1ZE - Nancy Jaffer" (Boca Raton, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I loved this book so much I just had to write a review! Cakes Men Like looks like one of those tacky little so-called books I always see on the racks with the $5 book marks at the bookstore when I'm waiting in line for the cashier. You know the ones. They're usually well meaning but pitiful, overly long, hardcover greeting cards designed to snag the impulse shoppers. Cakes Men Like is another story. It's a compact, deco style treasure, a work of art, full of cake recipes that range from the disgusting to the divine. On the one hand, there is PORK cake (ugh!) but on the other there is a caramel icing recipe (yum!) that I am going to try tomorrow.
I picked this little gem up with 50 other books to sell. When I sat down with it to write my listing, I found I just couldn't bear to part with it and so I wrote this review instead.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cakes for every occasion... and then some!, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

A wonderful parody of what life was like in the years when "the phrase 'two-income family' was but a twinkle in the eye of an economist...". Some truly amazing and unappetizing recipes (and illustrations to boot!) for cakes that, yes, your mother and or grandma may very well have tried in a desperate attempt to salvage domestic serenity. Nonetheless, a must have for those who are not afraid to put 7-Up into batter or pour boiling water over salt pork to make a cake. Stick to the first two or three recipes, and you can't go wrong. Bon appétit!