Vintage Recipes for Potluck Needed, Dessert?

Hello Yahoo Answers folks!





I'm attending a potluck on Wednesday, and I want to bring something unique (last time 4 people brought pasta salad).


I'd like something that is antiquated and not often seen these days, some sort of vintage recipe.





I'd like it to be a dessert, preferably. The only thing I can really think of is a Jell-o mold fruit salad. But I'd like to see what other options I have.





Can you recommend anything, or even link to a recipe?





*Side Note*- I just learned the beat it dance and I'm stoked!Vintage Recipes for Potluck Needed, Dessert?
Apple Pandowdy





1 1/4 cup butter


2/3 cup sugar


1 egg


1 cup milk


2 1/2 cups flour


3 teaspoons baking powder


1/2 teaspoons salt


4 cup peeled, sliced apples


1/3 cup brown sugar


2 teaspoons cinnamon


1/2 teaspoons nutmeg





whipped cream or ice cream for garnish Instructions:


Preheat oven to 350脗掳 F.


Combine flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.


butter a 9'; square baking dish. Place sliced apples in buttered baking dish and sprinkle with a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.


Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg. Add flour mixture, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture to make a stiff batter. Spread batter evenly over apples (see photo) and bake for about 50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for at least ten minutes before serving.


You can serve this dish right out of the pan, or invert it onto a serving plate like an upside-down cake, warm or at room temperature. Top with whipped cream or ice cream.





Note: I double the topping ingredients.








Seafoam Lime Mold Salad





1 3 ounce package lime jello


2 1 cup boiling water


3 陆 cup cold water


4 1 Tbls lemon juice


5 1 8 ounce package cream cheese


6 1 陆 cups miniature marshmallows


7 13 陆 ounce can crushed pineapple


8 陆 cup chopped nuts (optional)


Dissolve lime gelatin in boiling water, add cold water and lemon juice.


Gradually add to softened cream cheese, mixing until well blended. Chill until almost firm, fold in marshmallows, pineapple and nuts. Pour into a 1 quart mold, chill until firm.


Note: If you don鈥檛 want to put it into a mold just use a nice glass bowl.Vintage Recipes for Potluck Needed, Dessert?
old fashion baked cheesecake:


Ingredients





* 8 digestive biscuits


* 50g butter , melted


* 600g cream cheese


* 2 tbsp plain flour


* 175g caster sugar


* vanilla extract


* 2 eggs , plus 1 yolk


* 142ml pot soured cream


Method





1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Crush the biscuits in a food processor (or put in a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin). Mix with the butter. Press into a 20cm springform tin and bake for 5 minutes, then cool.


2. Beat the cream cheese with the flour, sugar, a few drops of vanilla, eggs, the yolk and soured cream until light and fluffy. Pour into the tin. Bake for 40 minutes and then check, it should be set but slightly wobbly in the centre. Leave in the tin to cool.








MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


SOOOO good and make a raspberry coolis on top or put it on the side for everyone. Its easier than you think! and it will kick everyoone elses' recipes' butts! lol
Bread pudding? When I searched 'unique desserts' or 'old fashion desserts' bread pudding seemed to be the winner. I know my mom is a huge fan of this dessert so I'm sure you can't go wrong (I'm a fried food kind of girl so sweets don't really do it for me - hence the mom reference!) Anyway I've included a link with a variety of different bread pudding recipes. We typically make the ';tastefully simple'; type which can be purchased on there website. You can also reference the link and choose from pumpkin, strawberry, mexican, soft and sweet, choc etc etc....Good luck!
My mother made these for every family gathering. Everyone really, really loved them. Plus they're easy. Look at the picture and you'll be sold. Also, you don't see a lot of five-star recipes on this site very often. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Scotcharoos鈥?/a>
Whoopie Pies





http://www.marshmallowfluff.com/media/pd鈥?/a>
Here's a pretty cool one. I made this yesterday and it was pretty yummy. It's called Ribbon Salad and layers of colorful jello and white cremy jello. I've heard its been around for a long long time. =]





INGREDIENTS


1 (3 ounce) package cherry gelatin


4 cups boiling water, divided


2 1/2 cups cold water, divided


2 envelopes unflavored gelatin


2 cups milk


1 cup sugar


2 cups sour cream


2 teaspoons vanilla extract


1 (3 ounce) package lemon gelatin


1 (3 ounce) package orange gelatin


1 (3 ounce) package lime gelatin








DIRECTIONS


In a bowl, dissolve cherry gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Add 1/2 cup cold water; stir. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. dish coated with nonstick cooking spray; refrigerate until set but not firm, about 30 minutes.


In a small saucepan, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water. Let stand for 1 minute. Stir in milk and sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until gelatin and sugar are dissolved.


Remove from the heat. Whisk in sour cream and vanilla until smooth. Spoon 1-2/3 cups creamy gelatin mixture over the first flavored layer. Chill until set but not firm. Prepare remaining flavored gelatin as directed for cherry gelatin. Alternately layer flavored gelatins with creamy gelatin layers, allowing each to set before adding next layer. Top with lime gelatin. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares.


FOOTNOTE


This salad takes time to prepare since each layer must be set before the next layer is added. Also remember that the pan will be inverted when unmolded, so put the flavor of gelatin you want on top in the pan first.








It's like a layered jello. It's very pretty. The only thing is make sure you don't skip the ';overnight'; step like I did...


After 4 hours of working on it, I chilled it for another 4 hours but the layers completely ripped... I was so sad...
I got this recipe recently while attending a picnic.


Everyone just raved about this cake and I got the recipe.


It's wonderful!





Banana Cake With Banana-Butter Frosting





Cake


2 eggs


1 1/4 cups granulated sugar


1/2 cup shortening (I like Crisco)


2 very ripe bananas


1 cup buttermilk (or use 1 cup milk with 1 t baking soda mixed in and let set for 15 minutes before adding to recipe)


2 cups all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking powder


Banana-Butter Frosting


1/2 cup mashed ripe banana


1 teaspoon lemon juice


1/4 cup butter


3 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar


Directions


1 Grease and flour a 9 1/2-inch by 11-inch cake pan.





2 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.





3 In large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, shortening.





4 In separate bowl, mash to really ripe bananas and then add to the egg, sugar and shortening mixture.





5 Combine the flour with the baking powder.





6 Alternately add the buttermilk and flour in with the egg, sugar and shortening mixture; beat until well-blended.





7 Pour batter into greased and floured cake pan.





8 Bake for 30-35 minutes or until tested done with a toothpick in the center.





9 To prepare the frosting: Mix together the banana and lemon juice.





10 Beat butter until creamy.





11 Add sugar and banana alternately, a small amount at a time, to the butter.





12 Beat until frosting is light and fluffy.





13 Spread over cooled banana cake.