Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
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A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century
Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.
Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you’ll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s.
Dylan has baked hundreds of recipes from countless antique cookbooks and selected only the best for this bakebook, sharing the shining stars from each decade. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he’s thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you to try if you dare.
A few of Dylan’s favorites that are going to have you licking your lips and begging for more include:
– 1900s Cornflake Macaroons
– 1910s ANZAC Biscuits
– 1930s Peanut Butter Bread
– 1940s Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake
– 1950s Tomato Soup Cake
– 1970s Potato Chip Cookies
Baking Yesteryear contains 101 expertly curated recipes that will take you on a delicious journey through the past. With a larger-than-life personality and comedic puns galore, baking with Dylan never gets old. We’ll leave that to the recipes.
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Additional information
| Publisher | DK (25 July 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0744080045 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0744080049 |
| Dimensions | 20.32 x 2.62 x 25.4 cm |
by Erin Gallagher
I have been a fan of B. Dylan Hollis’ for a long while now, giggling away while watching his TikTok and FB reels in bed before sleep, so much that the hubby ended up becoming a huge fan as well. Even my two children (2 and 7) love his videos. So this was an insta pre-order for me.
As much of a delight he is to watch, he is equally a delight to read. His very distinct tone comes out beautifully in his writing. You can tell he chose his recipes with care.
The photos of the dishes are very high quality and beautifully presented.
Both the hubby and I have chosen several recipes that we want to try. Having grown up eating Spudnuts doughnuts (potato donut shop in America) I was so excited to see a Potato Doughnut recipe included.
EGGIES! FLOOF POWDER!!!
by Elaine R.
My son brought this book as he loves cooking recipes from years ago.
He loves the book.
by Annette Smith
Bought this book as a Christmas gift, but looking through it , it looks a good choice.
by John G.
I was introduced to this cookbook by family in the US only a month ago. On my visit, and as a family, we had a baking competition using only recipes from this book. And only baking something you had never made before. Not only did we have an excellent time doing it, we found recipes that will become firm family favourites, and we had some very…interesting desserts each night! Fun layout, great images, and it is going on my gift list for several friend this Christmas.
by Wen-Marie Glew
After watching Dylan on both YouTube and TikTok I knew this book was too to be filled with some ‘interesting’ recipes and I wasn’t disappointed.
There are some that are definitely questionable and others that will become favourites for their simplicity and reliability.
He has definitely made a name for himself trying some recipes that should have stayed in the past and some that we’ve forgotten about because they were delicious.
This book is an eye opener into how his mind works and why he chose to include the dozens of recipes.
The photography is stunning and it captures his creations beautifully.
If you’re interested in stepping back for nostalgic mealtimes this is the book for you. You could quite easily open a few eyes at dinner parties or BBQ’s if you brought any one of these creations as the dessert !!
You may be the talk of the event for both the right and wrong reasons depending on what you take!
by MRS JOSEPHINE D ELLIS
I bought this as a gift for a friend after following on Facebook for years now but it is so nice I’m going to keep it
You clearly see it’s made with love and humour && a fascinating collection of recipes that give a real sense of social history In what went on in kitchens across the decades ????
by La Pettie Fantome
I preordered this book for a friend’s birthday as I knew he enjoyed B. Dylan Hollis’ videos on Youtube. We went through it together when it arrived and we were most impressed by how simple and affordable most of the recipes are. He has already made three of the recipes; the Cold Oven Cake, the Wacky Cake and the Whipped Cream Cake. The Cold Oven Cake was amazing, one of the best we’ve ever had and the Whipped Cream cake is peculiar, but in a good way as its still amazing. The Wacky Cake left a little to be desired but in fairness my friend reckons he messed up in the recipe so will try again at some point.
The only drawback to this book is that there’s not more recipes to try so we’re both hopeful that Hollis will release another cookbook in due course. Highly recommend.
by Erin Gallagher
Me and my best friend absolutely love Dylan. My friend is also a food, so I have bought a copy of Dylan’s book and it will go to my friend for her Christmas.