On other hand... recipe books!

[collwen]

So I ended up getting a few cook books over the weekend at a rummage sale. In the stack is a set of McCalls magazine cookbooks from the mid-1960s. I ended up with 4 out of what seems to be an 18 book/magazine set. I got M1- Cookie Collection, M2- Casserole Cooking, M3- Practically Cookless Cookbook, and M10- Do-Ahead Party Book. In the party book, there is a bride's cake recipe that has a fruitcake layer at the top. I've never heard of this before, but it's written of as a given for the party planner.

Comments

[annechen-melo.livejournal.com]

Well, as I understand it, the "anniversary cake" tradition is older than reliable refrigeration. So it makes sense that the section of wedding cake that needs to be edible a year later is preserved in some way.

[dwarven-brewer.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the fruitcake layer was a given at the time and has fallen out of use in the 45 years hence?

Will have to ask purpura's parents next time I see 'em as they may know.