Bake a 1933 Prize-Winning French Chocolate Cake | Old Cookbook Challenge!

It is much appreciated that you show failures like this, whereas most would go back, do two layers and never mention the original mishap.

"I'm happy with honorable mention.". I laughed out loud.

"It's 2024 - let's hack this cake!" Thanks for the chuckle on Sunday morning.

Did not expect her to say 中文 with the exact perfect intonation, that caught me off guard lol

Would love to have a video of Jule’s grandmother’s award winning cake.

You could just do this as a Bundt cake , and then finish with a simple powder sugar dust or drip glaze

Thank you for the light ridicule on "hacks", can't stand the term being abused as it is. Here's a winter "hack" for you up north peoples- to keep your feet warm and toasty when it's cold and snowy outside put on a pair of winter boots BEFORE you step outside! Thank you both, always look forward to your creations and videos.

So glad you showed thevREAL result. Honest reporting ❤ makes me feel so much better about my domed, cracked cake. Thank you!

I recognized that cookbook because of the country names. I checked through my very small stash of old cookbooks and found that I have a 1935 copy of that book.

That looks exactly like a really big Superstore chocolate muffin. Yum.

As a collector of cook books, especially old ones, I’m lucky to have inherited both my mothers, grandmothers and especially my aunt’s recipes. Born in 1910 her only higher education was a few month learning to be a housewife at a boarding school. After climbing the class ladder by marrying the village school teacher and by that being assigned after church coffee & buffets, having a larger house than most others. And she really collected. Being the perfect housewife as a goal, impeccable home and garden and what was considered good cooking and economic solutions during the late 1920s - 1940s, extras in magazines about food and table laying and table manners (very funny, my son has these) and gathering from friends. But of course they are all in Swedish, so I suppose you’d be less interested when I try to sort the hoarding.

Y'all are really cool. Out of all the other cooking channels ive seen on youtube, you guys really just bring a unique presentation and personality. The historical aspects and stories being stuff are cool too.

The distain when Glen says "bake" just warmed my soul! lol

Furst McNess is still in business in Freeport, IL. They still make some unique extracts. Their wonder flavor is really unique. They still sell cleaning stuff just like they used to in that book. My friend had a really old recipe for peppermint schnapps that used only their peppermint extract.

you mentioned Big Audio Dynamite! Awesome.

**This video was hilarious!!!!...❤🤣🤣 I MUST make this cake!!

Thank you for our Sunday Recipe

I don't normally use boxed mixes for cakes. My mother found a recipe over 40 years ago (at least) from a small magazine called "Grit" Said recipe was called " Wacky Cake" No eggs in it and it was always moist, chocolatey and delicious. Paired with an icing made from water, sugar, butter, cocoa and corn starch, it was cooked until thick and then poured over said cake. It was delicious. And this is the tried and true recipe for a homemade chocolate cake for my family for years and years. It was the cake that was requested by many people if I was asked to bring a desert.

Wait! Julie's Chinese is better than mine! :O

Those McNess bottles look suspiciously similar to Watkins