If you want a vintage dessert that's about as low-effort as it gets yet will still wow your guests (or yourself), then try ...

Armed with "Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book," published in 1950, as well as more sophisticated mixers than ever before, housewives across the U.S. would make baked Alaska to impress their friends ...

The 1950s were a golden era for home baking. Cakes were centerpieces at family gatherings, birthdays, and celebrations, often ...