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History Of The Flapper Pie + 5 Historical Recipes

3rd August 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipescake, custard, edwardian, recipe, vanilla, victorianLina

In the Victorian and Edwardian era, Flapper Pie was know as Mock Cream Pie, Custard Meringue Pie or Chess Pie. Below are 5 historical flapper pie recipes.

The pie which is known today as Flapper Pie in Canada dates back to the Victorian and Edwardian era. Flapper pie is a vanilla custard pie topped with meringue. Today, flapper pie is usually made with a graham cracker pie crust, in the Victorian and Edwardian era, however, the pie crust was usually an ordinary shortcrust pastry. A typical Victorian pie crust consisted of 4 ingredients: flour, butter, salt and cold water. Continue reading History Of The Flapper Pie + 5 Historical Recipes →

Custard Meringue Pie – Edwardian Recipe

2nd August 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipescake, custard, edwardian, recipe, vanillaLina

Edwardian custard meringue pie – one of the best historical pies I’ve tried so far! It’s simply heavenly!

Custard meringue pie – also know as Mock Cream Pie, Chess Pie and in Canada as Flapper Pie – is a custard pie flavored with vanilla, bitter almond or lemon and topped with meringue! It’s easy to make and so delicious! Continue reading Custard Meringue Pie – Edwardian Recipe →

Victorian Chestnut Vermicelli – Traditional Austrian Dessert

3rd June 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipesdessert, gluten-free, recipe, vanilla, victorianLina

Chestnut vermicelli – a traditional Austrian dessert – made with boiled chestnuts and vanilla sugar which is garnished with whipped cream. This recipe for chestnut vermicelli is from the Victorian era.

Chestnut vermicelli is a delicious, old Viennese dessert made with just a few ingredients: The main ingredients are chestnuts and sugar. In Austria, chestnut vermicelli is called “Kastanienreis” – chestnut rice – because the dessert resembles rice or spaghetti. After the chestnuts are boiled, they are pressed through a colander which gives them that spaghetti-like appearance. Continue reading Victorian Chestnut Vermicelli – Traditional Austrian Dessert →

7 Types Of Buttercream + Recipes – American, German, Italian …

20th May 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipescake, dairy-free, frosting & icing, fruit, gluten-free, peanut, recipe, strawberry, vanilla, veganLina

Recipes for 7 types of buttercreams: American, German, Italian, French, Swiss, custard and flour buttercream. With flavor alternatives – vanilla, strawberry, peanut butter and coffee – and substitutes for vegan buttercream!

Learn to make 7 types of buttercreams from scratch: American, German, Italian, French, Swiss, custard and flour buttercream. American, German and flour buttercream are the easiest buttercreams because they’re egg-free. They’re almost foolproof to make! But if you have egg whites leftover, Swiss or Italian meringue buttercream is your best choice. And if you have egg yolks leftover, you can choose between French and custard buttercream. Continue reading 7 Types Of Buttercream + Recipes – American, German, Italian … →

Victorian Flower Jelly Pudding – Layered Jello Mold

1st May 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipesblue, butterfly pea, dessert, flower, fruit, jam, lemon, natural dye, natural food coloring, recipe, vanilla, victorianLina

Victorian flower jelly pudding – this layered jelly and custard dessert topped with edible flowers will sure impress your guests!

Victorian jellies and custards were elaborate desserts served at formal dinners. This layered jello mold consist of fluffy vanilla pudding mousse with whipped egg whites, lemon jelly and is topped with edible flowers. And if you want an even more impressive dessert, you can make naturally blue butterfly pea jelly instead of lemon jelly! Continue reading Victorian Flower Jelly Pudding – Layered Jello Mold →

3 Homemade Vegan Whipped Cream Substitutes

1st April 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipesaquafaba, chickpea, dairy-free, dairy-free cream substitute, dessert, frosting & icing, gluten-free, recipe, vanilla, veganLina

Vegan whipped cream substitutes – all made from scratch at home! If you’re vegan or can’t eat dairy – like me – you don’t have to buy vegan whipped cream substitutes: They’re usually full of additives and don’t taste very well.

A while ago I published 5+ Dairy-Free Whipped Cream Substitutes. But now I found three vegan whipped cream substitutes! Yay! Making vegan whipped cream substitutes from scratch is easy and cheap – and they’re delicious!

These vegan whipped cream substitutes are coconut-free, cashew-free, nut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free. Continue reading 3 Homemade Vegan Whipped Cream Substitutes →

No-Bake Swiss Roll With Cake Scraps & Leftover Buttercream

5th February 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipescake, cake crumbs, frosting & icing, leftovers, recipe, vanillaLina

This easy no-bake Swiss roll is made with leftover stale cake scraps and leftover buttercream frosting! A delicious, decadent & fudgy dessert!

Because I try many recipes for my blog, I sometimes have cake scraps leftover. I don’t like to throw food away. So, in the past, I’ve turned stale cake into Cake Crumb Pie Crust, used cake crumbs to make naturally colored polka dots for my Polka Dot Cake Without A Cake Pop Maker, made 1930s Strawberry Dessert and Pink Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Pops – Colored With Beetroot. And one of my favorite uses for stale cake so far were my Edible Moss Balls: The moss balls are chocolate peanut butter cake pops covered with edible moss that I dyed naturally green with sunflower seeds!

But this time I also had buttercream frosting leftover. So I came up with this delicious vanilla no-bake Swiss roll. This no-back Swiss roll is easy and fast to make if you have unexpected guests coming over!

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5 Vegan Snow Ice Cream Recipes

13th January 2019(Historical) Cooking Recipesblue, butterfly pea, chocolate, dairy-free, fruit, gluten-free, ice cream, lemon, mint, natural dye, natural food coloring, recipe, vanilla, veganLina

Make instant ice cream with snow and different flavors such as lemon, mint, cinnamon and vanilla! You can even dye the vegan snow ice cream naturally blue with butterfly pea tea!

Making ice cream with freshly fallen snow is such a fun winter craft! All these 5 snow ice creams are dairy-free, egg-free and vegan. But if you eat dairy you can substitute milk for soy milk – it works just as well.

Lemon and mint chocolate chip snow ice cream were my favorites – because lemon and mint are my favorite ice cream flavors 😉 – but all 5 vegan snow ice cream recipes are delicious! Continue reading 5 Vegan Snow Ice Cream Recipes →

Homemade Almond Extract – With Almonds Or Apricot Pits

13th September 2018(Historical) Cooking Recipesalmond, dairy-free, dessert, fruit, gluten-free, leftovers, peach, recipe, vanilla, veganLina

Almond extract is easy and cheap to make at home – it just takes some time! You can use almonds to make homemade almond extract or something that you’d usually throw away: fruit stones!

In the past, fruit stones – such as apricot pits, peach kernels and cherry pits – were often used to flavor custard, cake or compote. Real almond extract – also called noyaux – is made with fruit stones. But apricot pits etc. contain a form of cyanide – so if you’re worried about it just make homemade almond extract with almonds! Continue reading Homemade Almond Extract – With Almonds Or Apricot Pits →

Pudding From Scratch – Eggless, Dairy-Free, Vegan

22nd July 2018(Historical) Cooking Recipeschocolate, dairy-free, dessert, recipe, vanilla, veganLina

Creamy, smooth and satisfying – this pudding from scratch is delicious and very simple to make. And what’s best: the homemade pudding is eggless, dairy-free and even vegan!

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