Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B.Dylan Hollis

Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s is a decade-by-decade cookbook by B. Dylan Hollis. This collection brings together baking recipes from across the 20th century, presented with humour.

Key details

• Decade-by-decade baking cookbook spanning the 1900s to the 1980s
• Includes 101 curated recipes
• Features a mix of standout bakes and a small selection of intentionally disastrous recipes
• Recipes are drawn from antique cookbooks
• By B. Dylan Hollis

Synopsis

Designed as a “blast from the past”, this bakebook revisits vintage recipes decade by decade, spotlighting distinctive favourites alongside a few notorious misfires. Hollis selects from hundreds of bakes sourced from antique cookbooks, focusing on the recipes he considers the strongest representatives of each era.

Expect an eclectic range, from Chocolate Potato Cake (1910s) and Avocado Pie (1960s) to Cornflake Macaroons (1900s), ANZAC Biscuits (1910s), Peanut Butter Bread (1930s), Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake (1940s), Tomato Soup Cake (1950s) and Potato Chip Cookies (1970s). With comedic puns throughout, it suits bakers looking to explore unusual retro recipes from the 20th century.