Bringing Back Cakes of Dessert Past

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Great Big Story

6 жыл бұрын

Valerie Gordon is the owner and operator of Valerie Confections, a Los Angeles bakery that specializes in resurrecting dessert recipes lost to time. Her interest first piqued after she recreated a popular coffee crunch cake from California’s iconic Blum’s Bakery. Since then, she’s taken her detective skills to the max, searching the menu vault at the Los Angeles library and reaching out to residents to find and bring back cakes of dessert past. So far, she’s successfully recreated a whole array of forgotten desserts, including the banana shortcake from Chasen’s and the grapefruit cake from Brown Derby.
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@nevertheless07
@nevertheless07 6 жыл бұрын
America's obsession of cataloging almost everything is one thing I admire, who would have thought that such menus and recipes could be found in a library setting and be used today.
@LDuke-pc7kq
@LDuke-pc7kq 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Yes, it all becomes History after long:)
@idontevenknow9758
@idontevenknow9758 5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah we catalog magazines, pamphlets, recipe cards, you name it. It’s great because you can have a good idea of the fashion, food habits, and general trends of those times. I can go to any library and find some resource pool of information for anything from most decades in American history especially the 20th century overall.
@JJ-yu6og
@JJ-yu6og 5 жыл бұрын
In which library are these menus stored? 😄
@kristinaavetisyan2367
@kristinaavetisyan2367 5 жыл бұрын
anaknipara definitely
@ohevshalomel
@ohevshalomel 4 жыл бұрын
I just hope we can manage to catalogue much more of the electronic communications that we utilize. I would hate to see so much history undocumented because people deleted or didn't take snapshots of e-mails, webpages, and text messages. Even if you look at the Wayback Machine, there are whole years missing from the public archives of frequently-visited websites. :-/
@imageez
@imageez 6 жыл бұрын
Note on how those old cakes don't rely on fondants, where the decorations ACTUALLY incorporate a taste?
@nicolle2126
@nicolle2126 6 жыл бұрын
ngl i don't see many fondant cakes outside of weddings (but then again i'm also not from the US lol)
@MythicGirl2210
@MythicGirl2210 6 жыл бұрын
Honestly! When I see cake decorating vids and they put layers and layers of frosting it really disgusts me. I know it's more for the decoration than the cake, but someone still has to eat it! DX I don't like a whole INCH of frosting on the sides of my cakes
@t-.-t.
@t-.-t. 6 жыл бұрын
MythicGirl2210 omg! I hate frostings/fondent on my cake(except chocolate). Totally ruins the flavour and texture of a good cake, i tell ya
@imageez
@imageez 6 жыл бұрын
Tamika Jones it's not that I think fondant should never exist, but you know, variety is nice. Everyone seems to want cakes as works of Michaelangelo, and not much as a food with mixtures of flavor and texture.
@verydepressedmuffin9590
@verydepressedmuffin9590 6 жыл бұрын
Finally people with sense!Frosting is kinda gross.
@NachoTV
@NachoTV 6 жыл бұрын
1:46 never thought a library would keep old menu's
@kutter_ttl6786
@kutter_ttl6786 6 жыл бұрын
Nacho TV Definitely a very unique collection. It's understandable it would be well guarded
@randomcommentator5922
@randomcommentator5922 6 жыл бұрын
That's actually pretty cool. One of those things that would be cool to see at least once
@owlversusdove
@owlversusdove 6 жыл бұрын
its similar to how newspapers get preserved for the future but menus provide more context to culture and economy.
@shabut
@shabut 6 жыл бұрын
SUB more with additional
@biggdaddy202003
@biggdaddy202003 6 жыл бұрын
Not sure they do lol. But, a menu does give a snapshot of a certain geographic area, things people were into food wise, prices for items of the area, regional speech in the use of the food description, and even information about the history of where the restaurant is located. If you look hard enough at things it is amazing how much information you can gather.
@jesswinter
@jesswinter 6 жыл бұрын
I used to love this ice cream called Blue Sky ice cream it was blue vanilla ice cream with swirls of marshmallows and I ate it growing up as a kid in Ohio. I miss it so much and the place is closed down now. I would love to taste it again some day. UPDATE: Just visited back home in Ohio. I found the ice cream shop!!!!! They had upsized and moved locations so whenever I went to google the ice cream shops in the area it used to be I could never find it but I randomly found it today when searching for an ice cream place to go to with my family after dinner! When I tasted it, it brought me back to when I was eight years old and was exactly the same (I hadn’t eaten it in 10 years or longer!)! If you are ever in Ohio in the New Albany area it is called Johnson’s ice cream! Get the blue sky flavor! (I couldn’t remember the name of the old place because I was a kid when we went there but when I mentioned the name Johnson’s to my mom, she finally remembered!!)
@pinkrose5796
@pinkrose5796 5 жыл бұрын
Jessica Anne The ice cream sounds great! I'm so glad you finally found it!!!
@brittaistheworst7523
@brittaistheworst7523 4 жыл бұрын
I hadn't realized how invested I was in this story until I read the update. Glad you got to taste it again!
@macaroll
@macaroll 4 жыл бұрын
good for you!! glad you found that ice cream shop!
@charlenef
@charlenef 3 жыл бұрын
im so happy for you!👍💙
@ironoceans
@ironoceans 3 жыл бұрын
I could totally relate to this experience! Glad you found it.
@jameshero5755
@jameshero5755 6 жыл бұрын
coffee crunch cake can also be found in a Filipino bakeshop in california (Red Ribbon) which recipe roots to that same retro restaurant.
@AbstraktVisaj
@AbstraktVisaj 6 жыл бұрын
Armando Rizzio Del Rey De Gocongwei *incoming pinoy pride comments*
@mr.lonely5290
@mr.lonely5290 6 жыл бұрын
an existing homo sapiens *WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO*
@hardlybreathe93
@hardlybreathe93 6 жыл бұрын
*PEENOISE INTENSIFIES*
@banibadwal7995
@banibadwal7995 6 жыл бұрын
wtaf
@benitezteresal.9439
@benitezteresal.9439 6 жыл бұрын
Armando Rizzio Del Rey De Gocongwei .. Red Ribbon is so damn tasty.. one must try eating it..
@safir2241
@safir2241 6 жыл бұрын
Ressurecting old food is really something else. It brings back incredible old culture that was considered normal before!
@j.jabara
@j.jabara 9 ай бұрын
Yeah but the women is crazy for calling herself a dessert anthropologist hahahaha that's a made up branch of science or what? You can't use anthropology as a word to put it besides any word just because you are studie something hahahahaha she literally made up a word in my opinion a "calling" ...she could have said I do research on old desserts...that's literally what shes doing...she doesn't need to use a word like anthropology...It's literally a blasphemy to real scientists when idiots like this make up something (I mean mostly Americans...because no one in the world calls themselves Dessert Anthropologist...only if they have a few screws lose then they call themselves like that...).
@somenamethatincludesanemob8933
@somenamethatincludesanemob8933 6 жыл бұрын
I was stuck between majoring in anthropology and the culinary arts. I think I know what to do now.
@user-tx5rv3ht4l
@user-tx5rv3ht4l 6 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this was something that I could do! I think this would have been my career had I watched this video 15 years ago.
@laurenmanzano5856
@laurenmanzano5856 5 жыл бұрын
is your profile pic a guy being nutted on or...?
@CheetoFireCat
@CheetoFireCat 5 жыл бұрын
Do both🙌🏽
@octoberforevermore3524
@octoberforevermore3524 3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you found out :)
@maxpainop498
@maxpainop498 3 жыл бұрын
Nice way to say majoring being useless to society
@Serai3
@Serai3 6 жыл бұрын
I would give a lot for the recipe for the rum cake from Arno's Bakery in L.A., an Italian bakery that closed in the 80's. It was the birthday cake for my family all through my childhood. A truly killer cake.
@user-tx5rv3ht4l
@user-tx5rv3ht4l 6 жыл бұрын
Serai3 She's LA based! You should reach out, I bet there's dozens of people who would also want that cake again. I'm rooting to see this one. It sounds amazing!
@trishayamada807
@trishayamada807 5 жыл бұрын
I collect old, antique cookbooks (the more hand written notes the better) and I try the recipes. It’s a love of mine.
@Speakupok
@Speakupok 5 жыл бұрын
Trisha Yamada I find them at thrift stores.
@augustpritchett4521
@augustpritchett4521 6 жыл бұрын
I have a book called Vintage Cakes that has a whole bunch of old timey cake recipes. Coffee crunch cake is in there.
@tanyaadams-clute8856
@tanyaadams-clute8856 Жыл бұрын
I love this! "...a good dessert can change the course of your day." Yes! I have done this for people. I take family favorites and convert them for people with food sensitivities, allergies, Celiac disease. It's so wonderful to see someone transported back to grandma's kitchen when they were small children. The senses can be such familiar reminders of our past. Thank you for this. Best part of my day and so inspiring!
@thevespa_
@thevespa_ 6 жыл бұрын
*deserts back then* : intricate cakes and muffins, various regal pastries. *deserts now* : LET'S SUFF A TACO SHELL WITH ICE-CREAM Y'ALL.
@zestytriss5282
@zestytriss5282 6 жыл бұрын
*Let's put a popsicle stick in the cheescake*
@SharonWyly
@SharonWyly 6 жыл бұрын
Do not disrespect the Choco taco!
@pencileraser101
@pencileraser101 6 жыл бұрын
TheVespa All desserts are great!!!!!!!
@gbologna2466
@gbologna2466 6 жыл бұрын
As if that stuff doesn’t still exist, you’re going to get different deserts if your at a nice bakery vs a cooler in front of a gas station
@gj1972
@gj1972 6 жыл бұрын
Edgy
@shellyun0113
@shellyun0113 6 жыл бұрын
I majored in Anthropology, nobody told me about dessert Anthropology... what a waste of time and $...
@ggarzagarcia
@ggarzagarcia 6 жыл бұрын
Shelly Kim well, as you may know the two majors (pastry and anthropology) don't exactly mix. Unless you talk about the country, food, and history as a whole. So she's gotta be a baker, but with speciality on earlier, American desserts.
@dabroncobabe7441
@dabroncobabe7441 6 жыл бұрын
Given that she received 125 phone calls the first day, doesn't sound too me like it's a waste of time and money. You do realize she probably doesn't have a degree, but just a passion for reminding us all of a sweet past, right??
@MariaMartinez-researcher
@MariaMartinez-researcher 6 жыл бұрын
You are an anthropologist. Look for a subject that you have a passion for and study it anthropologically. Get a grant and publish, or start a blog, a KZfaq channel with Patreon. It can be sports, music, food, old TV sitcoms, undies, folk medicine, whatever. Humani nihil a me alienum puto.
@comprendersi1444
@comprendersi1444 6 жыл бұрын
EMS 76 or maybe she doesn’t show case her Anthropological writings or papers that she writes based on the cultural connection of food in history as she goes back through the steps. Videos like this are short and she’s talking about her passion and interest but not her academia. Therefore she could be using the anthropology correctly
@fajarsetiawan8665
@fajarsetiawan8665 5 жыл бұрын
Actually you can "anthropologize" every part of human history. Food is just one part of many
@ifyousubtomeyouwillgainabs6072
@ifyousubtomeyouwillgainabs6072 6 жыл бұрын
That’s a cool idea! I think other people should do things like this, but with drinks and main course foods, instead of desserts.
@olly078
@olly078 6 жыл бұрын
Normal Paladin was jus thinking about that
@ggarzagarcia
@ggarzagarcia 6 жыл бұрын
For American food, go to Townsends channel for 1700s - 1800s American food
@irynaserhiychuk4999
@irynaserhiychuk4999 6 жыл бұрын
How about not..I mean, do you REALLY want to eat 50's food? When everything edible and non-edible was served in aspic?
@kathymurguia6881
@kathymurguia6881 5 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with desserts?
@jlshorthorns
@jlshorthorns 3 жыл бұрын
Tasting History with Max Miller
@Paelorian
@Paelorian 5 жыл бұрын
She's a hero. I hope she uses her research and experience to come out with a great cookbook with good photos and clear, precise directions, so that even when she's no longer in business, and if nobody else steps up to continue baking these cakes, they'll still be revivable and people will be able to enjoy them even if they're no longer served by any restaurant or bakery.
@Anna-tj7mp
@Anna-tj7mp 5 жыл бұрын
Haha I spent part of my childhood in Lima, and longed to taste an extremely complicated confection called Turron de Dona Pepa. It was made in October and displayed in huge baking trays at grocers and bakers. Recently I found instructions on how to make it on KZfaq. It takes hours and hours, and I had to source ingredients like aniseed and fig leaves. But I have made it a few times and it has been such a pleasure, not just to taste it but to serve it to older people who have not had it in decades. Moreover, home made turron is more authentic than much of the stuff sold in Peru I am told, because mass produced is now laced with the slimy taste of palm oil. To any Peruvian or anyone who speaks Spanish I recommend the version on a channel called "Compartiendo Recetas" on KZfaq.
@dabroncobabe7441
@dabroncobabe7441 6 жыл бұрын
I love people like this who just want to sweeten our lives with a little old fashioned nostalgia. Thank you!!
@LeahInAnotherLife
@LeahInAnotherLife 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to find somebody who does this with ice cream flavors. When I was a kid in Garfield Hts Ohio, there was a homemade ice cream shop called Cannons. I've been searching for Blue Moon or grape ice cream like their's for years. I've had other Blue Moons, but they're never the same. It had little bits of something (pineapple?) in it and was maybe a fruity flavor. Not cotton candy like other Blue Moons I've tried and I never see grape ice cream anywhere.
@kaybrewer8348
@kaybrewer8348 6 жыл бұрын
I remember cannon's. I actually have the recipe it was bits of pineapple and maraschino cherry well blended. There is a grape ice cream/gelatto that is really close made by Sorbello but its only put out in the summer and its REALLY close.
@kaybrewer8348
@kaybrewer8348 6 жыл бұрын
Did you ever get a blue cow bell at gannons i remember it was blue moon ice cream in red cream soda. They used biggs red soda...i miss it
@LeahInAnotherLife
@LeahInAnotherLife 6 жыл бұрын
Kay brewer It sounds really familiar but I'm not sure. But man, do I miss their ice cream. Its so cool that somebody else remembers it 😊
@grandleaderowen5516
@grandleaderowen5516 6 жыл бұрын
Baskin-Robbins has blue moon
@augustpritchett4521
@augustpritchett4521 6 жыл бұрын
InAnother Life there was a restaurant in Charlotte NC called Snoops that had grape ice cream. Never tried it. I don't know if it's still open anymore since I moved 4 years ago.
@Synikoss
@Synikoss 6 жыл бұрын
Valerie is a great person, thank you for the video.
@jeezthatscocky3144
@jeezthatscocky3144 4 жыл бұрын
Funny how I came across this clip. About a year ago, my favorite bakery was sold and changed for the worst. It had been around since the 1930’s or possibly earlier. So it was a great sadness to a lot of people who had been getting cakes and eclairs and breads there for decades. Then they sold their location, relocated and closed all of that within months. I wish someone would buy those old recipients and stick with them. Sometimes complete change isn’t a good thing. Don’t try and perfect on something that is already perfect.
@ohevshalomel
@ohevshalomel 4 жыл бұрын
I love trying old recipes! I wish I had the recipes for the desserts in this video.
@1OutOf8Billion
@1OutOf8Billion 6 жыл бұрын
I hope I see this confectioner one day soon! She seems like a dedicated person to this form of culinary art.
@edkeaton1085
@edkeaton1085 6 жыл бұрын
"A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece." -- Ludwig Erhard. 🍰🎂🍰🎂🍰🎂🍰
@lan4895
@lan4895 6 жыл бұрын
I love the way she speak abt memories instead of simply going retro I need to meet her she speaks to my heart 😍
@whathell6t
@whathell6t 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! Her bakery is in the Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles.
@heathbeec
@heathbeec 6 жыл бұрын
Also, her first shop is near Koreatown and she has a tea shop in Echo Park, just north of the lake. I don't think they have the cakes :( but you can get her yummy petit fours.
@whathell6t
@whathell6t 6 жыл бұрын
Heathbee C When you mean “North of the lake”, do you mean Alvarado St. or Sunset Bl.?
@rosspalumbo
@rosspalumbo 5 жыл бұрын
This....was an amazing idea. Bravo Valerie!
@whlrradio
@whlrradio 5 жыл бұрын
well. You can surely say those desserts were... DESERTED
@georginashanti4605
@georginashanti4605 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome way to relive old memories & to protect those recipes so that they aren't forgotten. And the young ones can have something different to enjoy!
@laurenmadevideos
@laurenmadevideos 6 жыл бұрын
2:33 I though they were going to run into each other 😓😓
@Miimu5210
@Miimu5210 6 жыл бұрын
My therapist tells me not to touch cakes anymore, not since that incident involving the kid with a broken arm and three missing teeth...
@lucastan4561
@lucastan4561 6 жыл бұрын
Wait wtf happened?
@fadel_rama
@fadel_rama 6 жыл бұрын
I almost kill my family because they doean't left me a piece
@ReshiramR52
@ReshiramR52 6 жыл бұрын
Mi I hope it is a joke. If it's not, I'm sorry to hear that
@donutello_
@donutello_ 6 жыл бұрын
>kid with a broken arm happy belated mothers day
@daksh8747
@daksh8747 6 жыл бұрын
I am the kid :( (not wanting to ruin the joke but I hope no one takes this seriously)
@kahlilhernandez7143
@kahlilhernandez7143 6 жыл бұрын
Delightful, now I'm hungry.
@nopey
@nopey 6 жыл бұрын
This is terrific journalism! The importance of public records is so real.
@petster13
@petster13 6 жыл бұрын
Now Im scared, Im only 22. I need to get recipes from all my favourite places. I've been eatting the same brithday cake from the same bakery for 22 years, if they ever go out I will personally start working there to keep it going.
@SpiralBreeze
@SpiralBreeze 6 жыл бұрын
Now that's a great job to have. Look how happy she is!
@xan9480
@xan9480 6 жыл бұрын
Those cakes look so good 😋
@rellepainite
@rellepainite 6 жыл бұрын
Now if only someone can bring back starbuck's key lime pie, i'd finally be happy.
@kumikomiharu8075
@kumikomiharu8075 6 жыл бұрын
Ikrr, i loved that
@waterlemon9838
@waterlemon9838 6 жыл бұрын
Keep up the interesting stories, Great Big Story!
@americana1980
@americana1980 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling your story😁I will be by to try all of these delightful blasts from the past, Valerie.
@sunken_lilies
@sunken_lilies 4 жыл бұрын
I loved haw flakes when I was a tiny kid. Then I stopped getting them for 5 years. I forgot what they were, only remembering the dull pink, the circular shape, and the tart taste. Then I happened across a pack of them. They are now my favorite snack.
@MonsterrUnderrBed
@MonsterrUnderrBed 5 жыл бұрын
this is proof that you don't always have to reinvent the wheel to become successful.
@sophisticated_1614
@sophisticated_1614 5 жыл бұрын
I love those menu designs, idk, I just love their designs
@lifetobelived9102
@lifetobelived9102 6 жыл бұрын
All the cakes we had were simple cakes. I don't eat sweets much anymore but occasionally I crave cake with coconut on it. I think the difference between eating desserts today and in the past was we all ate really nutritional meals before we ate a piece of cake and everything was in moderation. We also were outside running around at least 2 hours a day every day and rich desserts weren't eaten every day.
@lolzstar11
@lolzstar11 6 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with Valerie when I saw her on "Nailed It!" ❤️
@LouIse-ey7uq
@LouIse-ey7uq 6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! What she does is amazing. Pls Do a separate story about the menu vault!
@matrixiekitty2127
@matrixiekitty2127 6 жыл бұрын
That Koffe Krunch cake looks AMAZING!!
@ki369
@ki369 6 жыл бұрын
Really cool
@fana406
@fana406 6 жыл бұрын
She's so classy and her choice of words make her sound so delightfully expensive.
@melissabarnes2094
@melissabarnes2094 4 жыл бұрын
Show me I wanna be a Dessert historian when I grow up
@npeace312
@npeace312 5 жыл бұрын
My mom's fruit pizza is a kind of cake and I miss it so much! Watching this makes me want to find her recipe. That and pineapple upside down cake.
@zeezas1241
@zeezas1241 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Everything looks so yummy, props to you for taking your time to make people happy in such a unique way
@coconutoil1614
@coconutoil1614 6 жыл бұрын
Who remembers pandan coconut milk jelly? It was grandma's one of the best dessert every thanksgiving
@user-nt6zq4ft4j
@user-nt6zq4ft4j 6 жыл бұрын
I love watching ppl read from an old cookbook and try to cook that food. Is so complicated and hard
@AstorReinhardt
@AstorReinhardt 4 жыл бұрын
So I do this to a degree with old cookbooks from the 1940s-1960s. I collect them. I collect both mass made ones like The Joy Of Cooking to ones made by a bunch of church ladies for their local community to hand written ones passed through families. But I can't cook or bake at all...I just like cataloging the recipes and saving them.
@emmy8548
@emmy8548 5 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry, I’ve had the fortune to be able to drive and get get a slice from Palm D’or two or three times a year since I found out it was a thing, and now all normal cakes look unappetizing to me. It’s all just so ridiculously precise and clean and neat... And yet I’m still here because...the title intrigues me.
@MizzKittyBichon
@MizzKittyBichon 5 жыл бұрын
I wish McDonald's would bring back their Cherry Berry Chiller. They used to offer it during the summer but it seems that they have discontinued it a few years ago. Now the Minute Maid slushies they have are good, but they don't quite hold a candle to the Cherry Berry Chiller.
@meikajorgensen8411
@meikajorgensen8411 6 жыл бұрын
There is a cake from this place thats still open in my home town but they discontinued it, its called caramel tiger cake. It was mostly coffee whipped cream but it had custard, and tres leches, and caramel sauce and it was the bomb
@trishayamada807
@trishayamada807 5 жыл бұрын
I’m searching for a recipe from Crestwood Bakery that was located in West Allis Wisconsin. They used to be the baker for Sentry food stores. They made a butter cookie with a maraschino cherry in the middle. They were delicate and not too sweet and they did break easily. I’ve tried to recreate it and I can’t. I hope someone remembers them!
@roxelledemaris1939
@roxelledemaris1939 5 жыл бұрын
Koffe Krunch Cake is still served here in my hometwon by a local restaurant.
@oolongtea3098
@oolongtea3098 6 жыл бұрын
Dessert anthropologist is a interesting job!!!😍🍰🍰
@houndlifevlogs1055
@houndlifevlogs1055 6 жыл бұрын
😋 Desserts are just awesome!
@alexv6741
@alexv6741 6 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite youtube channel!!
@valerieregice5607
@valerieregice5607 6 жыл бұрын
She has the same name as me!! And the funny thing is that I loveeeee baking!!
@may.k_me
@may.k_me 6 жыл бұрын
This is pretty cool. I love the idea of resurrecting cakes that have gone out of style
@TheBlueOx_03
@TheBlueOx_03 5 жыл бұрын
Bruh I used to walk past that place, whenever my mom went shopping and I got bored, but neve got from there. That was when I was a little kid now these days we hardly go there.
@nightshiin78
@nightshiin78 5 жыл бұрын
Never in my 16 years, four months, 14 days, 15 hours+ of life have I ever heard of a person who's passionate about cakes
@Sweetwildflower
@Sweetwildflower 5 жыл бұрын
Cake, Cake Cake!!!!❤🎂Absolutely the best sweet created along with Mike and Ikes Hot Tamales!!
@keetrandling4530
@keetrandling4530 5 жыл бұрын
Seafoam icing, please! Haven't had it since Mom made it when I was a preteen. It's a cooked icing: marshmallowy soft slightly-browned sticky goodness. oh baby baby!
@AstorReinhardt
@AstorReinhardt 6 жыл бұрын
Dessert Anthropologist huh? Guess that makes me a Food Anthropologist because I do this with recipes from the 1940s and 1950s :/
@fy8798
@fy8798 6 жыл бұрын
Do you do research, talk to people that worked on those cakes back then, trying to figure out how they made them, too? If yes, then you definitely are!
@donutello_
@donutello_ 6 жыл бұрын
Im surprised those desserts arent rotten by now
@waynepalmar6101
@waynepalmar6101 6 жыл бұрын
why...why am i watching this at 1am :'( good stuff though love always everywhere
@shihunchan2848
@shihunchan2848 6 жыл бұрын
DO YOU SEND CAKES TO THE PHILIPPINES??? Omg koffee krunch cake was my childhood favorite.
@1Fresh_Water
@1Fresh_Water 6 жыл бұрын
I feel like my mom would really love the Koffe Krunch Cake. Maybe i'll try it.
@nancyhayes2254
@nancyhayes2254 Жыл бұрын
Please do Philadelphia’s Swiss bakery’s chocolate chip cake!
@solmae
@solmae 6 жыл бұрын
Man this is amazing.
@aufa2119
@aufa2119 6 жыл бұрын
i always love your episode about foods 😍 its look so delicious
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 5 жыл бұрын
Does Valerie have a cookbook? I need that Grapefruit Cake!
@Blaqjaqshellaq
@Blaqjaqshellaq 2 жыл бұрын
I remember Woolworth's strawberry shortcake!
@mstinasugar
@mstinasugar 6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Love it
@taniasmith619
@taniasmith619 5 жыл бұрын
So cool you did this
@PingPong-bv8ye
@PingPong-bv8ye 3 жыл бұрын
Angel food cake with the defrosted strawberries and Cool Whip
@owlversusdove
@owlversusdove 6 жыл бұрын
i wish i could have a baker recreate my childhood favorites 😭
@kierang5003
@kierang5003 6 жыл бұрын
This ladies awesome.
@broccodoggo8363
@broccodoggo8363 5 жыл бұрын
>I resurrected ____ and _____ I’m sorry but most lower class families have been making this stuff for their kids TO DATE, these things don’t die off like you think, she’s just trying to make it a novelty
@k8Egurl
@k8Egurl 5 жыл бұрын
Dessert anthropology sounds pretty cool.
@nunabanuna
@nunabanuna 6 жыл бұрын
What an awesome job
@napatcap1632
@napatcap1632 6 жыл бұрын
That is awesome.
@hewblah
@hewblah 6 жыл бұрын
I recommend eating at her cafe !!! Super delicious.
@joeytagz8048
@joeytagz8048 6 жыл бұрын
sweet nostalgia 😀
@rebekahbridges-tervydis5054
@rebekahbridges-tervydis5054 6 жыл бұрын
I wish she would do a cook book!
@roxanadelacruz6485
@roxanadelacruz6485 6 жыл бұрын
Gran proyecto 👍
@kpaige
@kpaige 5 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm amazing but the brown derby grapefruit cake still exists and is sold by the brown derby. It’s not extinct. I wonder how they feel about this.
@seleneevillatoro1991
@seleneevillatoro1991 6 жыл бұрын
I love this place.
@evilshaivya
@evilshaivya 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@tgargoyle8068
@tgargoyle8068 5 жыл бұрын
Take a look at "Uncle Phaedrus, finder of lost recipes" website. Lot's of leads and recipes.
@saoirsestark3903
@saoirsestark3903 5 жыл бұрын
dessert anthropology. wow 😍
@sapphirefire7630
@sapphirefire7630 6 жыл бұрын
I love this and the resurrected desserts but I don't know why they had to film this 1:51 lol
@limaman7262
@limaman7262 6 жыл бұрын
Why so Serious she was having a toned down orgasm while looking through file cabinet duh
@bethanydesilva1417
@bethanydesilva1417 5 жыл бұрын
Was I the only one who thought it was ngiri/sushi in the thumbnail??? XD
@Gam3Junkie7
@Gam3Junkie7 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Yes. I know. It isn't for dessert though that I am consumed to try and find the taste again. It was a shrimp bisque a random Chinese buffet in Florida was serving. I cannot forget the taste. So savory and strong without being overpowering, and it bit your taste-buds without stinging while going down so smooth it was like drinking creamer. UGH I have NOT been able to replicate it for several years! DX
@tagthetag5156
@tagthetag5156 5 жыл бұрын
Wish she’d recreate an avacado cake that was made by baker-friend who died in 2011... I’ve never tasted quite a sensation like it
@ceil5001
@ceil5001 6 жыл бұрын
Never rhought about old menus. The Brown Derby, eh? Cool...
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