JENN McKINLAY: I've been decluttering and one of the things I found in my office was my grandmother Dee's old recipe box. I love opening it and seeing her handwritten and typewritten recipe cards. I love the time and care she put into curating her favorite recipes. Sadly, but unsurprisingly, these days I just search online for recipes when I want them.
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Grammy was the sort of culinary genius who could whip up a five course meal with three ingredients. She was an Iron Chef before being an iron chef was a thing.
I think my favorite story was when my mother invited all of the neighborhood children over to her house for her birthday party--there was no birthday party planned--and my grandmother whipped up a fabulous dessert (a trifle if I remember right) which, as my mom reports it, made it the best birthday party ever.
Imagine my delight when Grammy's family favorite recipe for Wacky Cake was done by Dylan Hollis of TikTok/Instagram/YouTube. Dylan finds vintage recipes and bakes them and reports the results. He is a delight! And he has a cookbook out: BAKING YESTERYEAR
Here's the full picture of Grammy's Wacky Cake recipe, which has stood the test of time as my aunt taught it to her daughters and granddaughters and my mom taught it to me.
I also love that Grammy cites her source and I wonder what happened to good old Judy Whitcomb...hmm.
Reds and Readers, do you have a favorite recipe that has been passed down through the generations? What is it?
Family recipes are wonderful things . . . so many of the recipes my mom and my grandmother shared with me were not written down before I saved them to paper and pencil, but they are special and I am so glad to have them. Although I have no idea about whether or it it's been passed along for generations, one of my favorites is for Bread and Butter Pickles . . . .
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