10 “Favorite” Dessert Recipes Shared by Newspaper Readers of the Past

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Newspapers have been a hub for sharing recipes for well over a century. Today, if we find a recipe we love, we might share it through social media; but in decades past, people often shared their favorites in the newspaper!

07 Nov 1948, Sun Evansville Press (Evansville, Indiana)Newspapers.com

We used Newspapers.com™ to find dessert recipes that home cooks submitted to newspapers as their “favorites.” Here are 10 of them, though we discovered many, many more! Check them out—and maybe even give them a try!

Read more: 7 Helpful Hints for Making Vintage Recipes

(We’ve transcribed the newspaper recipes below to make them easier to follow. Click on any image to see the original recipe on Newspapers.com™.)

1. Crazy Cake (1955)


Recipe: Crazy Cake (1955) 09 Jun 1955, Thu The Gazette (Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com


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