Along with teeny glass creatures and all sorts of random badges, one of my *all time* fave things to collect is olde worlde cake decorating books. Wowser, I think these books rock with their faded colourful pop images of strange themed cakes and crazy icing characters! Even the author pics make us smile! I hauled them in this week and Lady Luck’s taste buds were soon-a-waterin…

We’re loopy for love right now, so check out these crazy valentines cake snaps taken from my collection below…has anyone got time to make these? We sure wish we did!

We also thought we’d treat you gals to our top three sweetheart recipes from a book I unearthed on a junk shopping treasure hunt. Titled the ‘Best from Midwest Kitchens’, this 1940’s American book is jam packed full of recipes from the 1840’s Mid West. It’s sooo cool…I’m totally in love with the names alone - marble cakes, watermelon cakes, berry pies, peanut mochas...yum yum! Maybe you can use these hot sugary cuties to woo your secret crush, treat your dreamboat or just to surprise your fave buddies? Hope you likey a lot!

Becky x

PS: Next time your hitting the junk shops make a bee line for the dusty cookery corner and maybe you can snap up a cake making gem of your own!

Date kisses

4 egg whites
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ pound dates, cut fine
½ pound almonds, cut fine

Beat egg whites until they stand in peaks when beater is removed. Gradually beat in sugar. Add vanilla. Fold in dates and nuts. Drop with teaspoon on well buttered baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes at 250oF. Kisses are done when they leave the sheet readily.

Dream bars

1 cup flour
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup butter

Mix together to a crumbly mass. Pat into buttered pan 9” x 9”. Bake at 350oF. Until slightly browned.

Mix together:

1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups coconut
1 cup pecans or walnuts.

Pour over baked mixture. Bake again at 350oF. Until browned, 20 to 25 minutes. When cool, cut into bars.

Sweetheart Cookies

¾ cup unsalted butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 ½ cups sifted flour

Cream the unsalted butter. Gradually add the sugar and yolk of egg. Add the sifted flour and knead. Chill dough for several hours. Form into tiny balls. Place on greased cookie sheet. Make a depression in the centre of each cookie. Fill the hollow with a tart jam. Bake in a preheated oven at 350oF., until all cookies are a very light brown. When cool, roll in powdered sugar.

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