20 Forgotten Desserts From The 1970s, We Want Back!

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

What’s a beloved dessert from the 1970s that seems to have disappeared over the years?

[@robylove9190]

Lord Baltimore and Lady Baltimore cakes were always baked for special occasions in our family.

[@rapunzel39]

Angel food cake

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Ambrosia?

[@rapunzel39]

@@QueenBee-gx4rp I remember Ambrosia salad. I didn’t like it as a kid, but I would probably like it now. 😊

[@janetchristensen7812]

Champagne cake...I miss it

[@texasoutlook60]

Most of these desserts are still alive and well!!

[@hopegold883]

Yeah. You noticed the bring it back to present tense after a while. But “desserts that were around in the 70’s”, isn’t real clickable.

[@QuailTale]

Exactly

[@iv4nGG]

Well heart disease, attack, stroke and diabetes are thinning out that generation so pretty soon those foods will be extinct.

[@BoomerGirlInaGenZWorld]

It’s on my menu for Thanksgiving. Hummingbird at Thanksgiving and Black Walnut with browned butter apple buttercream for Christmas. I’m in TN. 😃

[@rebeccaruedger3189]

Young mothers of the 70s and 60s still alive and are making these these wonderful desserts still😊😊😊

[@Angelina14799]

Trust me when I say that the Hummingbird Cake is still alive and well here in the South. 😊

[@christinakoerner3385]

I make this too and I'm from New York

[@conniewatson6711]

My husband request this every year for his birthday. It's still popular here in the south.

[@clicquot2271]

It’s still alive in So Calif. This is the cake I requested for my 75th birthday along with all 75 candles blazing! Several guests had never had it before, but everyone loved it.

[@kina7128]

And in Australia.

[@ginabarbee1404]

Yes Hummingbird cake here , also I made 7 layer bars last week . Both are a hit .

[@userused3199]

My son is in the military and has been stationed in other countries for nearly half of his time in. I have sent magic cookie bars to over 7 countries and they are waiting in the kitchen every time he comes home.

[@fjtalleyauthor2242]

Absolutely! They are very much still a part of many lives!

[@fjtalleyauthor2242]

As are butterscotch brownies/ blondies

[@nancymiller1032]

I can attest to the fact that, even if they had to get spoons from the mess hall, baked goods are always welcome.

[@janetrouse5917]

To make the Magic cookies even better I used 2 can of the condensed milk.

[@cl5080]

May G-d bless your son for serving our country ❤

[@murlthomas2243]

Actually, Watergate cake was named after Watergate Salad, which was named after the hotel that first made it popular. The Watergate break in came later.

[@heather8307]

I only knew about the salad - didn't know it was a cake too

[@joanneburke9901]

Miss Magic Pan restaurants

[@VesnaVK]

👍 Lots of errors in this vid.

[@erj1230]

@@VesnaVKlots of mistakes in their whole “old foods” series!

[@VesnaVK]

@@erj1230 too bad. The thumbnails are so good. The videos don't match the character or quality.

[@DJ-1999.]

I have my mom's handwritten recipe for "Blondies" in her 1964 Good Housekeeping cookbook, she passed down to me. She passed away a few months ago making the book and recipes an even "sweeter" treat!

[@SkylarPeoples-lb5xi]

I'm sorry for your loss I lost my aunt 1 year and three n a half months ago

[@Julia-xf5ps]

My sincere condolences…be well 😊

[@SkylarPeoples-lb5xi]

@@Julia-xf5ps thank you so much she taught me to cook when I was 2 years old and one time I made her a chocolate cake from scratch I make a lot of things from scratch I've even made a chicken pot pie before

[@Debra_Hasatheory]

I used to make those for any picnic or party I was going to.

[@Elletaria-t5s]

I loved Blondies so much! I've been thinking about making them again!

[@carolcole570]

My family loves pineapple upside down cake MADE IN A CAST IRON SKILLET. Made this way gives it a unique flavor.

[@suzettesanborn5659]

Mmm yes! My grandmother in Alabama used to make hers like that and sometimes she'd make homemade whip cream to add on top or handmade vanilla ice cream to go with it. That was the best pineapple upside down cake I've ever had! She also made the best cornbread in a cast iron skillet.

[@carolcole570]

@@suzettesanborn5659 Sounds like we think alike, Suzette ! I am 8th generation from metro Atlanta. Everything “from scratch “ around here !

[@lorraineniece8813]

Cornbread HAS to be made in a cast iron skillet.

[@carolcole570]

@@lorraineniece8813 We cook almost everything in a cast iron skillet ! Young folks just don’t realize that it makes ALL the difference in the world in the flavor !

[@Dawnofabrightday]

Yep! Can’t make an upside down cake any other way than in a cast iron skillet-same goes for cornbread! Yummy! I’m hungry now😅

[@christinebutler7630]

North Carolinians are still making hummingbird cakes and bringing them to every church supper.

[@naomiemoore5725]

Absolutely correct. Have friends in NC, will see them this fall.

[@rslooby6130]

Don't forget the butterscotch nests made with Chinese crunchy noodles and peanuts...or whoopie pies!!

[@RustyPgh]

Make these for family holiday gatherings

[@Donna4sunshine]

Chinese chews!!

[@iv4nGG]

Well heart disease, attack, stroke and diabetes are thinning out that generation so pretty soon those foods will be extinct.

[@rosemeccia9411]

Yes i remember them!

[@Jeannified]

Amen! I love those butterscotch birds nests!!!

[@frankieamsden7918]

I think it could be successfully argued that food from the 70's was less processed than what we're eating today

[@rsoubiea]

No that’s not true. Everything was processed, packaged or from a box. I know my family was pretty typical for N. California, my mom cooked from scratch most nights. But deserts, things like hamburger helper, sloppy joes were things mom would make to give herself a break from cooking with three kids, being a full time housewife. Dad went on a lot of business trips, she’d use the shortcuts then. She used a lot of canned or frozen veggies, NO fresh herbs. we did have a green salad every night.

[@tammythomas975]

I agree. We had a garden and made almost everything from scratch. We bought very little packaged food. We canned and froze everything. Things were so much better. None of the obesity we have now.

[@Spaceystace]

I agree with that. When I was young, commercial bread would mold. Milk would go bad very quickly. Now commercial bread will get stale, but it will not mold. You can keep milk for a month now.

[@CarolShook-yg9nn]

My mother made a delicious mayonnaise cake using miracle whip instead of mayonnaise because she liked it better

[@missmandy67]

Not true. Cans had no liners, additives were in every single thing on the shelf with no monitoring. The problem was that almost every middle class meal was made with fully processed foods. Fat was not the issue and the government started the death match on Americans when it decreed fat was bad for us. If we had today's fresh options with good old fashioned homemade breads and rolls and real butter, food fried in crisco or seasoned with old fashioned pork fat and bacon our hearts would be better, our brains in tact, and cancers in half.

[@Witchfoot.Incorporated]

The first stuff, magic cookie bars, I CANNOT CONVEY TO YOU HOW ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS THESE ARE.

[@rainerader1182]

I make them. I just put my own spin on them. They are divine.

[@booker0110]

They have chunks of caramel? Is that right? I dont think I can get that here 🇬🇧 is there a brand name?

[@hortondlfn1994]

“Less sugary desserts” - what a ridiculous goal.

[@stormyjlb]

They could have said it at the beginning: “The following deserts have become less popular as people’s taste changed and wanted less processed foods.” ONCE. Then just show us the deserts without the SAME explainatiom every time! 😂

[@debrabarry3750]

My grandmother used to say " might as well eat the devil as to drink his broth."

[@naomiemoore5725]

I cut the sugar in any recipe in half if not more. Not a fan of mixed or commercially manufactured sweet treats. Also cut out a lot of salt in recipes too.

[@greyhawk4898]

Considering how much sugars are in today's "foods" pure sugar based foods in this video are nearly sugar free! We ate great food!

[@greyhawk4898]

​@@naomiemoore5725That's great! My wife does similar. She makes a "sugar" cookie a diabetic can eat them, and nobody notices how little sugar there is in them. She uses natural whole ingredients and makes everything from scratch and our granddaughters love her food!

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Snowballs I make them every Christmas sometimes other times of the year. They are also known as Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cookies. They are so delicious & easy to bake

[@mrspisky]

Thank you for recognizing Mexican wedding cakes as a name! I make them every Christmas too but everyone I know calls them Russian tea cakes.

[@rhiahlMT]

Yeah, I've always known them as Russian Tea Cakes.

[@kathrynbarkley9359]

We call them nutty balls.

[@merriemisfit8406]

@@rhiahlMT Officially, yes, Russian Tea Cakes -- because that's what the Betty Crocker recipe called them. But we have always affectionately called them "nutballs".

[@rhiahlMT]

@@merriemisfit8406 I imagine that's where I saw it. The one and only Betty Crocker cookbook in the early 70s

[@gretabarrs7810]

Where's the sock-it-to-me cake and lemon meringue pie? My mom made these on special occasions when I was a kid in the 70s 😀🕺💙

[@sherrienale9974]

I make lemon pie often but in place of meringue I make dream whip and pur in some of the lemon pudding,it's so good..Blind baking a crust isn't much fun though!

[@TheNester.]

I make Lemon Meringue Pie and Coconut Cream Pie from scratch. Still one of my family's favorites.

[@mindysmith3683]

​@@TheNester.I love coconut pie never tried from scratch . I love making easy coconut macaroons. So good

[@JustSayLette_16]

My mom taught me how to make those and I passed that love of scratch made deserts to my children, who all bake❤❤❤

[@Martie-kf4zj]

Better Than Sex Cake

[@rubywingo6030]

I’m one of those who comment before the vids are over! I don’t know where these folks are getting their information, but we’re still making a lot of these recipes in my family!

[@annabeltheduchessofdessert7700]

Same here!

[@Jeannified]

Me too!

[@JustSayLette_16]

Exactly

[@francesmaurer185]

Agree 100%😊

[@valerielstevens4712]

We are as well

[@rubywingo6030]

Here I am again! WACKY CAKE! I was a cafeteria lady in rural Oklahoma. Made this cake a lot!! I’m retired now, but the school still makes it!!

[@kimlarge4077]

My mom made it for my elementary school parties. My teacher even asked if the leftovers could go to the teachers lounge. Everyone loved it.

[@vickeycodella7828]

Teacher here. I haven’t seen a cafeteria make much of anything anymore. Mostly, they heat things up and serve. One school I worked for didn’t even have a stove/oven in the kitchen. It makes me super sad. 😢

[@alanda8109]

I grew up in Davis and would LOVE to have the recipe for the yeast rolls made in our school cafeteria...Any chance you might have it???

[@bikingbuggy4199]

The reasons don’t really make any sense. They’re all still good desserts. I think the reason why most of these are “forgotten” is because more people eat out now and less cook and eat from home. The stay at home mom whom cooks up a good family dinner and makes dessert is very sadly a dying breed.

[@viviennehayes2856]

I agree that the reasons don't make any sense. There doesn't seem much decrease of sugar - every café is full of sugary desserts. As for less chemicals, not that much less these days, as far as I know.

[@nancycurtis488]

And isn’t that too sad? What kind of food memories are today’s children going to have?

[@TheNester.]

I wish I could cook for my family, they're all leading busy lives and can't seem to schedule a once a month family Sunday. 😢

[@naomiemoore5725]

Maybe where you live. I have a budget and can't drop unknown sums on mediocre restaurant food. Shop smart eat healthy.

[@littleblackcar]

Also, stuff just goes through cycles. Things get to be a bit over-familiar and people move on to new things. That happens to everything, not just food, or else we'd all be wearing and eating the same things from hundreds of years ago.

[@lesliejones1651]

I wish they would bring back pudding pops! Make them homemade but their not the same

[@dianabeurman364]

I hope they come back!

[@francesmaurer185]

It's the change in the pudding mix that changes the flavor. Homemade is always better if done correctly 😊

[@squirehaggard4749]

He keeps mentioning how people “turned away” from sugary foods. So why is there 10x the amount of obesity now that there was back when these desserts were more popular?

[@vmagallon4524]

Because there were no cell phones and computers. We all did more physical things outside. Riding our bikes, climbing a tree, chasing each other...

[@zvbx]

Because people were more active, children played outside and adults still played sports, rode bikes, swimming, hell even had sex. That being said whatever junk food that was eaten back then was burned off.

[@CT-uv8os]

Not as many chemicals in the food. No corn syrup in everything or glyphosate. Poison kills

[@dawnacynthiadavis-valdez6702]

Also back in the 70’s there were less chemicals in the water and we hiked on the weekends.

[@elledee3725]

The rest of the meal was homemade and dessert topped it off at special occasions. Today lots of people eat out. Restaurants use flavor enhancers (chemicals)

[@SusannahDyro-gd1nx]

I am a baker and I love making desserts from scratch, I prefer homemade over bakery goods 😅

[@BethClay-xy6ii]

Pudding pops were so good. I want them back.

[@bobfeller604]

I love Magic Cookie Bars!

[@wendyeske3719]

I so agree been making magic bars every years since I've been 10yrs old. Never stopped, loved by all and remembered

[@ibuguru]

Don't bake pies anymore, but I love the lemon filling of lemon meringue pie. I increase the lemon juice rather substantially to make a very tangy lemon pudding from scratch. The best.

[@BetteStewart]

I too did this - sometimes I made tarts for the filling.

[@clarsach29]

I discovered a recipe online for fruit cocktail cake a few years ago by chance and made it, really tasty but a bit sweet for me. My partner happened to mention the recipe to a friend who runs a coffee shop and she asked for the recipe so she could make it for her customers....so from the US Deep South, there is now a coffee shop in the central highlands of Scotland that sells fruit cocktail cake to a bunch of people who have never heard of it before!

[@gabrieledean8225]

I make a fruit cocktail bread pudding that is killer good. Bread, sugar, milk, eggs, drained fruit cocktail, rum raisins and cinnamon, allspice and ginger as spice. Then lots of butter. 😊

[@rubywingo6030]

Awesome!!!

[@ronniefrazier8667]

Fruit cocktail cake is my husbands favorite cake. I try to make it for him at least once a year, I think it is a little too much for a 74 year old man to have more often.

[@naomiemoore5725]

That's a great story.

[@KayPrescesky]

I might have to try it.

[@marymorgante8963]

I love it the old recipes were the best. Mostly done naturally . Fantastic .

[@suzettesanborn5659]

My mother used to make all of these desserts. The magic cookie bars and blondies were the most popular due to how easy they were to make. Many of the other desserts were only made on special occasions or for company.

[@stevendaniel8126]

I had a HUGE slice of carrot cake a few days ago...... Total Heaven !!

[@jchow5966]

I still make and love 7 layer bars the best!!!!!

[@janteynor5524]

I sure miss those much simpler days….🙁

[@laurielamar5402]

Not me. Women couldn't get a loan from a bank without a husband's approval until 1974. A lot of medicines that save people's lives today - from anti-depressants to new antibiotics - weren't even invented yet. And so on

[@Elle9228000]

The hummingbird cake is from Jamaica, Mrs. LH Wiggins added cream cheese frosting but the recipe was a gift from the Jamaican tourist board it’s Jamaican.

[@sarahduhay5150]

!Ya Mon! 😂

[@yvetteking7749]

That's right.

[@SunnyDays00]

It doesn't need the frosting actually

[@Elle9228000]

@@SunnyDays00 clearly if it was being made without the frosting before it was shared with America. It was delicious without and it’s delicious with 👌

[@waynejohnson1304]

Magic cookie bars are still popular here in New England around Christmas. Napoleons (Napolitanos) are sold in every bakery I have been to in the area and are even sold in the bakeries at Stop and Shop and Shoprite. My cousin still makes her Hummingbird cakes for company. Divinities are still popular at the candy stores. Snowball cookies are still going strong here around the holidays too. Penuche fudge is still around. I bought some in New Hampshire last Fall.

[@reneelascala5050]

Penuche is delicious. It took me years to perfect my recipe. And I never have to hear people in shops ask for pen-OOSH, PEEN-ukee, or worse.

[@cltransler]

My mom used to make "Hello Dolly Squares". I loved them. I still make them every now and again. I made Napoleons as part of my Baking & Pastry finals in Culinary School. Those pudding pops were SO good! I have friends that still make snowball cookies every Christmas

[@cattastroficka196]

Chocolate mayonnaise cake too. Except we used Miracle Whip. Best cake ever! I’m making the magic cookie bars today thanks to this darn video. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@merrittascott4408]

Hi, love, love, love Mayonnaise cake. A friend used miracle whip and it didn't rise well and didn't have that awesome moisture that Mayonnaise Cake has. If you're going to make a chocolate cake this is the only recipe for a moisture chocolaty flavor.

[@JD-ht4wn]

My mom use to make chocolate mayonnaise cake (with miracle whip) every year for my birthday. Nothing quite like it.

[@divalock5298]

Wow, I have never heard of Mayonnaise Cake. Is the mayo a substitute for something?

[@JD-ht4wn]

@@divalock5298 it would replace the egg in a cake

[@divalock5298]

​@@JD-ht4wnokay, thank you. I'm kind of on the fence with this one, but I may still try baking one.

[@mickeyhead9770]

Magic Bars have never went away.

[@rubywingo6030]

My daughter still makes Hummingbird cake for daddy every Father’s Day!❤❤❤❤

[@sugakookie6303]

I think a lot of these desserts didn’t change because of taste changes, I think it’s that we don’t eat a dessert every night like they used to and a lot of people no longer bake.

[@carolcole570]

The reason we don’t eat desserts like we used to when we were kids is because…….as old folks, we all have diabetes, now !

[@FigaroHey]

Every day? Dessert was Sunday only when I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. Seems like today people are eating sweets daily, not back in those days.

[@debbylou5729]

We ate these desserts 2 - 4 times a week. Funny fact. Noe that we have ‘less sugary treats’ we’re fatter. Check out any grocery cart…..the ones with large people pushing them have all ‘diet’ food

[@carolcole570]

@@debbylou5729 True, Debbie, but they still have not connected the dots ! We know it is not just sugar. It is the starches ( carbs ). Potatoes, rice, pasta, milk, breads, dried peas/beans, and fruits. What I like about our way of eating is that once the weight falls off, we can have cheat meals, and the weight never ever comes back !❤️

[@debbylou5729]

@@carolcole570 you forgot the data on ‘diet’ sweeteners’. They increase your appetite

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Majic cookie bars are 7 layer bars. They are still my son's favorite even if today he is an adult. I make them several times a year. If they went away I don't know where they went!

[@clicquot2271]

My sweet mother-in-law always kept a batch of these in her freezer just for me!

[@nannem9716]

​@@clicquot2271So great from the freezer.

[@danicegewiss862]

My sister found a tomato cake everyone loved in the 1970's. It was a throwback to the Great Depression. Poke cakes are popular today. People leaned towards less sugary things? Since when? I tried my first blondie last year. Most of these desserts still show up.

[@badgerpa9]

Use to love the 7 layer bars.

[@elledee3725]

Dump cakes are also make for an easy and tasty dessert.

[@amyhull754]

I was coming specifically to see if anyone else thought they missed dump cake!

[@jenniferdunn3560]

I will never make a recipe that describes itself as ‘Dump’.

[@tranurse]

People in the south still eat magic cookie bars, hummingbird cake, divinity, and tea cakes

[@buffalogal9139]

And, people in the West who like good desserts.

[@paulasmith1372]

Priester's Pecans between Montgomery and Mobile on I65 has Divinity alive and well. Melts in your mouth!!!

[@goochmcduck4285]

I was born in 88 I have absolutely never had one of these on the list!im so envious of ppl who got to grow up with these awesome deserts

[@nannem9716]

Make yourself some Magic Bars! Super simple to make and SOOOOOO YUMMY!!!! They're very easy. You won't be sorry.

[@morticia981]

Give one a try! You can start traditions of your own 😊

[@rienn8559]

2008 here and same besides the snow cookies and ice cream sandwich. wanna try everything here, especially the blondies

[@rainerader1182]

My Mom makes snowball cookies they are easy and delicious with coffee or espresso. Magic bars are delicious, easy, you can add what you want

[@sharronlewis3429]

🇬🇧🤤😋 Im British, & love the Hummingbird 🍰 cake, its one of my favourites. ❤️ But they all look mouth watering 🤤😋.

[@thestitchcafe8295]

I loved the pudding pops.

[@vickiross1025]

They were my son 's favorite.

[@thalinororcbreaker2840]

They were so friggin good.

[@kellywolffis5916]

Poke cake is still alive,we make it at the nursing home I work at.

[@royannispullens7804]

I just make a lemon lime poke cake last week, everyone liked it.

[@merrittascott4408]

Hi, do you use jello while it's still a liquid?

[@royannispullens7804]

@merrittascott4408 ,yes. I put ice cubes into my hot jello mix to cool it down instead of cold water. It gets a lil thick. Then pour over poked cake.

[@merrittascott4408]

@@royannispullens7804 Hi , now there is a good idea.

[@lt1jane]

I make this every year for my birthday. The hardest part is finding the Dream Whip for the frosting. This cake and Dream Whip Fluffy Frosting is the best.

[@terriselph4100]

I still make the hummingbird cake. It's so good.

[@sallymay3643]

They forgot, 🍍 upside down cake.

[@NoDontLikeIt]

There used to be a Betty Crocker boxed pineapple upside cake that I think was the best box mix ever, was quick to whip up in a pinch and tasted great too, not too sweet (had the can of pineapple, then a crumb layer then the cake batter). I dream of it sometimes, it was that good lol

[@shizueleighhicks6174]

Pineapple Upside Down Cake?🎉❤😊

[@lindastradley9788]

What about Crumb Cake? It's now at least five generations old! My mom grew up with it during the Depression. I will be 70 in July, 2024, and it was made for my first birthday cake. 6 Tbsp. butter 2 c. white sugar 3 c. white flour Remove 2/3 c. and withhold for topping. To remainder add: 2 tsp. each of cinnamon, powdered cloves, nutmeg and baking soda. 2 c. raisins 2 c. sour milk. Make your own sour milk by adding 1/4 c. of white vinegar to regular milk; allow to stand and curdle for five minutes. Mix together. Pour into a greased and floured (or Pam coated spray) 9" X 13" cake pan. Sprinkle the rrserved topping on top of the uncooked cake and bake for approximately 30 minutes or until testing doneness with a toothpick comes out clean. No need to even frost the cake! Cool on a wire rack and enjoy. This recipe is over a hundred years old in my family alone!

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Your recipe makes no sense. Am i reserving 2/3Cup of flour? It says to reserve it for "topping" but no recipe is given for the topping & you also state no topping is required. 🤪

[@sallyfabro3604]

@@ShalomShalom-d5c The topping is the first three ingredients after they are combined….reserve 2/3 cup of it. Use the rest in the cake portion.

[@bernicegarcia-baca1925]

Betty Crocker CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE! (Maybe more of an 80's or 90's??) This was the BEST, SIMPLEST cake to bake--also came in lemon. SOOOO good! All you did was sprinkle the cake mix into a baking dish; pour on boiling water, bake, and eat!!! SERIOUSLY! No cleanup; just dark chocolatey goodness. For a special treat, I added whipped cream or (easier) Cool Whip. No cleanup, and tasted almost like the best homemade pudding cake you might bake or get at a restaurant. I want it BACK!!!! A fav at potlucks! Bring it back, Betty!!!!

[@AJ-HawksToxicFinger]

Wow, I loved seeing Penuche! It is so gooooooood! My Grandma would make massive amounts every December as it was her go to Christmas gift for all of her co-workers and neighbors.

[@cindygraham4547]

My grandmother used it as an icing on chocolate cake.we would break it off and eat it without the cake! Delicious!

[@tonyameredith7081]

My mother just made a poke cake this past Easter and it was delicious!

[@TheNester.]

Mexican Poke cake is called "Tres Leches" and it's delicious!

[@charliedavis8894]

​@@TheNester.There is no such thing as Mexican poke cake. Tres Leches cake doesn't have Jell-O in it like poke cake does.

[@TheNester.]

@charliedavis8894 A Poke cake is made with ANY type of liquid, Not just Jello. Try looking up the information.

[@Its_the_Whole_Everything]

About 20 yrs ago I told friends I was bringing back the 70s and started making 1970s desserts like the poke cake, and pistachio bundt cake!

[@sissiematthews8013]

It certainly is and it is AMAZING!!!

[@CactusGal]

I still make the seven layer bars. They never go out of style. And I make blondies every so often, only with semisweet chips. Also, Neopolitan icecream sandwiches are still great, and a great way to have portion control (they're low-cal, too!).

[@BilliePennyH]

I live in East TN, the Neapolitan Ice Cream Sandwiches are still in stores here, poke cake is still made, Hummingbird Cake as well, I make the depression cake sometimes, a lot of these desserts are still known here. 🤷🏻‍♀️🙂

[@mindysmith3683]

Get out of there the weather isn't look good ! Run and don't look back! Lol I'm kidding but ...

[@peggybegin8241]

Loved serving Pineapple Delight at Tupperware Parties or church potlucks. My lemon merengue pie couldn't be beat!

[@ParisSunset]

I miss the old date bar mix. Our family loved them.

[@jlph1113]

Google this. I have seen the recipe on the internet. I loved them, too!

[@rebeccasanfilippo6804]

OMG! Me too.

[@JamesHarig]

Poké cake? It's not pronounce like the Pokè bowl, it's pronounce like you poke a hole in something, like using a wooden skewer or handle of a wooden spoon. I see recipes for poke cakes constantly in All Recipes and Betty Crocker emails throughout the year, so I don't think they are forgotten, same with Hummingbird Cake. Actually I see a lot of Tres Leches cakes made as a poke cake when the milks are poured on the cake.

[@AdrienneLohn]

This method is what I use to bake Boston Cream Pie. Yellow cake, vanilla pudding and chocolate frosting

[@thalinororcbreaker2840]

Gotta catch em all.

[@glennso47]

How do you make a comeback if you haven’t been anywhere? 😊

[@robertsteele474]

Exactly. "How can I miss you when you don't go away?"😉

[@donnatett5607]

This video takes me back. My mama made the best cakes, and her hummingbird cake was favorite amongst friends & family. For me, it was the Watergate Cake.

[@mstalcup]

Watergate salad, not watergate cake. The salad was named after the Watergate hotel because it was made famous there. The Watergate scandal was also named after the same hotel because of events that happened there. The food is not named after the scandal.

[@bwenluck9812]

Does it *really* matter? 🤔

[@charliedavis8894]

​@@bwenluck9812Yes, truth always matters. Unless, of course, one prefers to go through life being ignorant and believing lies...

[@gddrew]

Mrs. Whiggins did not invent hummingbird cake, it originated in Jamaica. She submitted her recipe, which added a cream cheese frosting, to Southern Living magazine in 1978. From there it became popular.

[@305Alligator]

Magic cookie bars are still the best treat‼️

[@lisahall9226]

Hummingbird cake is alive and well at my home in the mountains of West Virginia. I prefer it as a bundt rather than in layers. I use a sprinkle of powdered sugar rather than cream cheese icing.

[@bonnieplasha4684]

Same here in Beckley, WV. The Hummingbird Cake will rise a good 5-6 inches in a Bundt pan and doesn't need frosting. It is sufficiently delicious on its own. With or without a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

[@amyspeers8012]

I live in France and milles feuilles is my favorite dessert when I’m in a restaurant.

[@sharon3017]

I love those poke cakes still today.

[@BartClubb]

All of these old fashion desserts look delicious. I cannot wait to make some of them.

[@annnonomous636]

Hello Dolly Bars were always my favorite. I haven't made them/had them in years. With all that sugar in them, my mom and dad used to have to scrape all 5 of us kids off the ceiling! 😄 We also made the snowballs every year for Christmas. Still do, except we know them as Butternut Balls. Take a bite and it pretty much melts in your mouth. So good. 😋😍

[@SuperRemi333]

I was born in the 60s and remember eating a lot of these. I'm in the south and you're right we still do hummingbird cake here!

[@TC-dt8fl]

Harvey Wallbanger cake! Haven’t seen one in 40 years!

[@RobinSmith-g9c]

I make Magic Cookie Bars every Christmas and have also done variations for Valentines Day, Easter, 4th of July, & Halloween. Everyone in my family loves them.

[@ramsoncole4605]

Dang...I remember those magic cookie bars...SO good!

[@sarahshouse1890]

Magic bars are still a favorite in my house, and I make them quite a bit!!!❤😋❤

[@mickeyhead9770]

Throwback treats are still made today! 🎉

[@Sharibaby80]

I grew up eating Napoleons in the 80s. My dad loved them. Miss you dad! Also that's John Kanell's video over at The Preppy kitchen...phenomenal baker, easy recipe's to follow along.

[@jademusic1211]

I grew up in the 70's and only had pudding pops and ice cream sandwiches.😂 The rest I've never heard of. My mother made Jello with bananas, though, and boxed brownies. She was a working single Mom raising four kids on a waitress salary and food stamps. Making some of these desserts would have been a luxury.😔❤️

[@joycevasquez8430]

I have to try some of these amazing looking desserts. Thank you so much for sharing them with all their recipes, and demonstrations. Greetings from USA.

[@jr303official]

I wish they would bring back pudding pops.

[@laurabaier9363]

HELLO DOLLIES , still my favorite at holiday time ! Theyre made every Christmas! 😊

[@pjj9491]

Crisco scratch cake w scratch Crisco icing...IT WAS HEAVEN ❤❤❤❤CHOCOLATE OF COURSE ❤❤❤

[@sandraolsen6596]

Hello, would you be able to give me a recipe for each one of these please. I would really appreciate that if you are able. Thank you very much. 😊

[@vr6410]

I Make snowball cookies all the time. My son-in-law absolutely loves them.

[@alanda8109]

We call them "Wedding Cookies".

[@janetchristensen7812]

Poke cake is still popular and I make Russian tea cakes every Xmas. My friends love them. What I miss is champagne cake. Every little girl wanted it for bd. Can't find it anywhere now.

[@terrigolish6184]

We loved Scotcharoos! Rice Krispies made with peanut butter and topped with a butterscotch and chocolate topping! A favorite in my house!

[@steemdup]

To this day I still adore Pink Champagne Cake

[@barbaratells1285]

Oh wow finally the magic cookie bars !!!😊😊😊

[@mining4goldmeister420]

You are missing a mayonnaise cake, pineapple up-side-down cake, bread pudding, jelly roll made with maraschino cherries and real whipped cream, an ice box cake, a seafoam gelatin mold, a giant carrot cake, rainbow sherbert punch with ginger ale served in a massive glass punch bowl that came with matching glass cups that was actually a combo drink and dessert. Raisin filled cookies with sour cream dough that were to die for, chocolate oatmeal bars, chinese noodles mixed with butterscotch chips, mini marshmellows, and peanut butter that made the most incredible "cookie?" ever.

[@ericcastillo1332]

Wow what a blast from the past I had forgotten about all of this stuff

[@cathy-pr5nv]

Also Dump Cake.

[@KarenC-rm1lp]

What about Texas sheet cake?

[@bonnieplasha4684]

My Mama used to make Seafoam Candy that was light enough to float off the waxed paper!

[@littleblackcar]

Magic cookie bars were called seven-layer bars in my college dining hall in the 1990s. We LOVED them.

[@MyTexasLife]

I still make magic cookie bars. Those are my favorite.

[@sandraheinrich5949]

I made the cookie bars for my neighbor. She adored them!

[@rosejones2932]

We called it pe - nu-che! Loved it! As well as divinity . I would like to try some of these recipes.

[@tonya_marie]

This blast from the past dessert museum was fun to watch. Crepes are still popular ❤

[@annem.parent8580]

I didn't see Grasshopper Cake made by Betty Crocker before she got the Betty Crocker name during her College years. I might be before this segments time.

[@alanda8109]

I don't think "Betty Crocker" was ever a real person...so said a girl who won the Betty Crocker contest MANY years ago. Anyway, she said so when Johnny Carson asked her, "Did you get to meet Betty Crocker?" To which she answered, "No. She doesn't really exist. She's not a real person." Johnny's face was so shocked! It seemed to have burst his ideal...really funny. Idk...I just was watching that night.

[@dorfone]

Love Napoleans although they hard to find. Also love Neapolitan Ice Cream bars which you can still buy here in Canada. The Woolworth's Lunch Counters use to sell a version of them. I still make Magic Cookie squares. Everybody loves them.

[@pattiupton1499]

So many memories and so many I've never tried as well!

[@lisasellers2839]

In our family, magic cookie bars are made every Christmas. I love Watergate Cake. It's moist, just sweet enough and the frosting is light and full of flavor.

[@nonoyobeezewax9527]

Man, I completely forgot about those desserts...they were so good too. Now I gotta break out the recipe books and make 'em again.

[@clicquot2271]

In my case, I refer back to my 102 year-old Mom’s handwritten index cards! Anyone else remember those?

[@twobitsandpepper8235]

My grandmother still makes divinity every year for Christmas, no one else in the family has even attempted it yet as it's one of the hardest, most precise desserts there is to make. Thanks for sharing!

[@Cricket2731]

My Mom made Divinity for the family get-together for Christmas one year. It was delicious! It was so good, that I overate the stuff & got a whoppin' bad bellyache. She never made Divinity again!

[@lindsayschutz]

@@Cricket2731 my mom did something similar when she was in college. She ate so much divinity at a family Christmas party that she made herself puke and she can’t eat it to this day!

[@JaneNewAuthor]

Vanilla slice, trifle, lamingtons, meringue - still in fashion where I live.