A Taste of the Past: Vintage Fall Cake Recipes
Southern Living is sharing some vintage cake recipes for Fall. You can peruse them here.
Cake recipes are precise formulae that combine specific ingredients to create a desired structure. You’ll typically find flour, sugar, eggs, fat, a liquid, and a leavening agent, but after that, the options appear to be endless. Below is one of the recipes featured, a Harvest Cake that uses fresh apples. We recommend peeling the apples first.
Harvest Cake
- 4 cups diced fresh apples
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil, or melted butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, plus more for garnish
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ tsp. vanilla
Mix apples and sugar together in a bowl; let stand for 1 hour. Sift flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda into a medium bowl. In another bowl, beat eggs, oil or butter, and vanilla together. Add the apple mixture; then fold in flour mixture followed by the walnuts. Bake in a 10-inch tube pan in a 350°F oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
To make our version of White Icing, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle cooled cake with White Icing; garnish with more chopped nuts.
This collection includes twenty-two other vintage cake recipes. These classic recipes feature beloved Fall flavors like apple, pumpkin, and pecan, and they range from simple sheet cakes to elegant Bundt cakes. Some of the recipes even include unique ingredients like tomato soup and mashed potatoes. Regardless of which cake you choose, they're all perfect for celebrating the season with a vintage flair.