Cup Cake No. 1

Thank you! I missed everyone as well. It has been overwhelming between preparing for a National and researching a presentation on Camp Meetings and Revival Music. I'm hoping to start breathing again. I've done lots of cooking - just haven't had time to report on it!
 
Just bookmarked your site, thank you!

This is very, very cool- I haven't been able to find era cupcake recipes. Question please? Have you found antique/era cupcake tins? In years of looking only found one and I'm not sure it's a cupcake tin. Seems more like molds for small puddings or custards. If anyone managed to find one it sure seems it'd be you.
 
Just bookmarked your site, thank you!

This is very, very cool- I haven't been able to find era cupcake recipes. Question please? Have you found antique/era cupcake tins? In years of looking only found one and I'm not sure it's a cupcake tin. Seems more like molds for small puddings or custards. If anyone managed to find one it sure seems it'd be you.
I have a cast iron muffin tin. Not sure how old it is, but it came from my Great Grandmother.
 
I agree - I'm having the same difficulty finding antique pans or even illustrations of them. I know there are recipes for Queen's Cakes that call for small specialized pans. Based on those examples, I'm leaning toward cup cake pans being tin...but I still can't come up with a definitive answer.
 
I have a cast iron muffin tin. Not sure how old it is, but it came from my Great Grandmother.


Whoa, that's a family treasure. Do you use it? I have no background whatsoever in cookware but our ancestors surely clung to their favorite pots n pans like we do if not more? No expert, it seems to me surely cookware was better quality generations back, without having to pay hundreds for the nice stuff. ( Finally resorted back to good, old Revere ware, Ebay has a ton! ) Yours could easily have been around for your great grandmother's mother.

And if someone would tell me how on earth NOT to ruin cast iron skillets it'd be great.
 
Whoa, that's a family treasure. Do you use it? I have no background whatsoever in cookware but our ancestors surely clung to their favorite pots n pans like we do if not more? No expert, it seems to me surely cookware was better quality generations back, without having to pay hundreds for the nice stuff. ( Finally resorted back to good, old Revere ware, Ebay has a ton! ) Yours could easily have been around for your great grandmother's mother.

And if someone would tell me how on earth NOT to ruin cast iron skillets it'd be great.
I have used it for cornmeal muffins. They were delish...probably should add some oil to the pan next time I use it. And yes, it is super duper heavy.
 
Cast iron is pretty easy to deal with. I've been searching for cast iron gem pan that don't cost a fortune. Sigh.
 
Cast iron is pretty easy to deal with. I've been searching for cast iron gem pan that don't cost a fortune. Sigh.
True that! Good cast iron is pricey. I still want the Griswold Bunny, now that I have a recipe that doesn’t make me want to remove all my hair, strand by strand. I.E. the cake comes out of the lamb mold well.
 
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