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

20 Forgotten Desserts From The 1970s We Want Back!
#desserts #1970s #forgotten #yesteryear #nostalgia
Curious about which delicious desserts from the 1970s we believe should make a comeback? Hang tight-we're about to reveal 20 irresistible desserts that promise to leave your mouth watering. Weren't hungry yet? Well, that's about to change!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Magic Cookie Bar
1:16 Napoleons
2:06 Pudding Pops
2:56 Hummingbird Cake
3:48 Watergate Cake
4:32 Poke Cake
5:23 Butterscotch Brownies
6:15 Snowball cakes
6:53 Magic Pan Crepe Cakes
7:51 Napolitain Ice Cream Sandwiches
8:36 Divinity
9:21 Tequila Sunrise Cake
10:11 Fruit Cocktail Cake
11:04 Wacky Cake
11:58 Snowball Cookies
12:37 Peach Melba Dessert
13:10 Tea Cakes
14:01 Hawaiian Delight Dessert
14:44 Pink Champagne Cake
15:27 Penuche
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[@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

[@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 .

[@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

[@amandasmith308]

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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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 ❤

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@paulettea2208]

Exactly

[@francesmaurer185]

Agree 100%😊

[@valerielstevens4712]

We are as well

[@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.

[@rebeccaruedger3189]

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

[@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.

[@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😅

[@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

[@paulettea2208]

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

[@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)

[@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.

[@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???

[@sallymay3643]

They forgot, 🍍 upside down cake.

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@janteynor5524]

I sure miss those much simpler days….🙁

[@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

[@SusannahDyro-gd1nx]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@bobfeller604]

I love Magic Cookie Bars!

[@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

[@jchow5966]

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

[@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.

[@kellywolffis5916]

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

[@zerozero9085]

People still make Poke Cake with pudding for children's early birthdays. They can eat it with their hands and smear it all over. The adults have regular desserts!

[@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.

[@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 👌

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@jr303official]

I wish they would bring back pudding pops.

[@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

[@BethClay-xy6ii]

Pudding pops were so good. I want them back.

[@thestitchcafe8295]

I loved the pudding pops.

[@vickiross1025]

They were my son 's favorite.

[@badgerpa9]

Use to love the 7 layer bars.

[@marymorgante8963]

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

[@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?"😉

[@Witchfoot.Incorporated]

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

[@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

[@annseabolt6645]

You left out a classic 70’s desert Sock It To Me Cake. My husband still loves it

[@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...

[@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

[@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 ...

[@amyspeers8012]

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

[@peggybegin8241]

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

[@rubywingo6030]

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

[@terriselph4100]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@jazzyjohnson2925]

The condensed milk gets poured OVER the other ingredients after you do the layers. My family is still crazed for them.

[@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.

[@stevendaniel8126]

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

[@wendyeske3719]

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

[@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.

[@JaneNewAuthor]

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

[@TC-dt8fl]

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

[@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!).

[@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?

[@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. 😊

[@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!

[@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.

[@vr6410]

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

[@alanda8109]

We call them "Wedding Cookies".

[@debthomas8799]

Watergate is not a cake. What they showed is Watergate salad. Very common at potlucks and family reunions. Cool and refreshing in the summer.

[@Cynthia2v]

Most know the salad version, what was shown was Tammy from Collard Valley Cooks who did make a pistachio or Watergate cake.

[@tammythomas975]

I still make Watergate salad and I have a recipe for Watergate cake too. It’s a Bundt cake and topped with a chocolate glaze.

[@suzettesanborn5659]

They actually showed both. First they showed the salad then the cakes. Yes the cake was a thing, it was based off the salad.

[@suzettesanborn5659]

​@@tammythomas975 Never heard of a bundt with chocolate on top being called a Watergate cake. A typical Watergate cake is made with most of the same ingredients as a Watergate salad except adding cake ingredients. It uses the green pistachio pudding.

[@tammythomas975]

@@suzettesanborn5659 mine used pistachio pudding and cake ingredients. It has almond extract. The chocolate glaze is good but you could top it with a plain glaze or eat it plain. I like the Watergate salad better and still make it fairly often.

[@suzettesanborn5659]

I still make wacky cakes, except I make a simple icing of cocoa powder powdered sugar and water.

[@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!

[@myname5181]

Here in Canada Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches are again/still available from Chapman's .

[@luisreyes1963]

You can practically find Neapolitan Ice Cream sandwiches still sold at convenience stores.

[@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!

[@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!

[@toodlescae]

I never cared for Pudding Pops. We still make divinity at Christmas if the humidity isn't too high.

[@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.

[@sissiematthews8013]

It certainly is and it is AMAZING!!!

[@sherylstone8804]

We call the "snowball cookies" by the name "wedding cookies".

[@JK-sh8rc]

Still make them every Christmas. My family would riot if I didn't make them lol!

[@debraethan8920]

They are also called Mexican Wedding Cakes & Russian Tea Cakes. In our family, we call them butter balls & snow balls. I made them one year with walnuts bc that's what I had & didn't want to go to the store. I think the pecans make them much better.

[@Starsk25]

Seven layer bars or Magic Cookie Bars - sweetened shredded coconut, Walnuts, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and a can of sweetened condensed milk on top of graham cracker crust mixed with melted butter. Sometimes I leave off the butterscotch chips.

[@dannycarrington1601]

It isn't Watergate Cake, it's Watergate Salad - similar to Ambrosia Salad.

[@danielkoher1944]

💯% A+ ⭐️ You go to the head of the Class!

[@ChosenByGod1111]

I miss pudding pops. Vanilla was my favorite but I’m pretty sure they also had banana.

[@lisacoleman7330]

Still make some of these for church

[@lisacoleman7330]

@@elizabethchase6528 Salvation Army but have started going back to the Episcopal Church and both churches have had the same type food at ladies luncheons and picnics.

[@user-lx8mk6lh5i]

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.

[@margarethenshaw8273]

I made butterscotch brownies 3 days ago. I always frost them with browned butter icing. I make them frequently. They are everybody's favorite, and there's never any left for me to bring home!

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

I must have made a million magic cookie bars-for every school sale also!

[@fjtalleyauthor2242]

I'd worry about the whole but allergy thing. Some schools either discourage or prohibit nuts even from the building because of allergies. Definitely a shame: I would always buy the magic cookie bars at bake sales!

[@sharronlewis3429]

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

[@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. 😋😍

[@victoriamartin5414]

My family still makes a majority of these

[@littleblackcar]

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

[@sandystatom9886]

Magic cookie bars didn’t go away in the South.

[@maryd9331]

They haven't gone away in the North, either! 😊

[@305Alligator]

Magic cookie bars are still the best treat‼️

[@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.

[@leasashaver2263]

I’m 63. I make magic cookie bars 3-5 times a year. They’re my grandson’s favorite.

[@user-to8ob2de3m]

I just made a pan of blonde brownies a couple of weeks ago. They’re still a thing in my house.

[@j.j.9511]

There is no way I can afford to make a cake with macadamia nuts.

[@v.r.2834]

Why? Here in Germany , macadamia nuts are 4€ per 100g, that is not much…

[@jessieb7290]

True 😂

[@charliedavis8894]

​@@v.r.2834So, converted, that's $4.32 for 3.5 ounces or $19.75 per pound American. A cup of macadamia nuts for a recipe would be $9.87. It may not be much to you but to many Americans, that's out of their budget. The cheapest I've found are $15 per pound or ~2 cups of nuts.

[@marykf3325]

I make Blondies all the time. They are fantastic!

[@brendac8732]

My mom got the Snowball recipe from our local newspaper longer ago than I remember. They are still my favorite Christmas cookie. 😋

[@1974jashful]

I would love to have that recipe!

[@Loliolla]

I see blondies, magic cookies, napoleons, hummingbird cakes napoleons, snowball cookies, tea cakes in bakeries all the time.

[@merrittascott4408]

Bakeries are nothing like homemade when it comes to the Russian Tea Cakes.

[@Duhshiznick]

If you included pudding pops, you should have included fruit float from Libby's. It came in a can and was mixed with milk to make a creamy fruity desert. I only had the strawberry, but apparently there were other flavors. It pretty much vanished over night.

[@michadawn234]

OMG I loved, loved, loved that stuff and NO ONE that I know remembers it. I can barely remember it myself. I remember that I loved it and it was from Libby. I still remember Libby’s jingle. There was a frozen treat that I am having a hard time remembering completely. It came in a square shaped bucket and was fruity/icy but that is all I remember except that I liked it very much too! OMG I am so glad someone remembers it.

[@drbluzer]

When I was a kid in the 1960's , my sister would make peanut butter logs . It consisted of peanut butter and powdered sugar . It was super sweet and you could not eat too many of these due to the high sweetness of it .

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

Thanks for watching @drbluzer ! ❤️

[@gaylenewood7707]

On golden girls I like that one episode where rose made that special dessert for her visiting daughter who is coming to see her and it was super sweet and in her own words from st.olaf...

[@mrssmith4453]

​@@gaylenewood7707 Rose's famous maple syrup honey brown sugar molasses Rice Krispies log!

[@gaylenewood7707]

Thank you and that's the one I love that episode and plus watching Sophia always cooking some Italian food..

[@mrssmith4453]

@@gaylenewood7707 I love to sing the catering song, "Gonna stuff a chicken...." 🤣