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The Latest Cake Secrets [1934]

Publisher: General Foods Corp. (New York, N.Y.)

Keyterm: Baked Goods

Brand: Swans Down Cake Flour

Copyright Holder: General Foods Corp.

Language: English

Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker

Filename: msuspcsbs_swan_igleheartb20

Citation: The Latest Cake Secrets [1934]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at https://lib.msu.edu/sliker/object/207

Copyright: Permission is granted from the copyright owner/holder.

Publication Date: 1934

Description: The front cover features a drawn colored illustration of a chocolate cake with white frosting and it is missing a slice. The title "The Latest Cake Secrets" is written in white lettering against an orange background. The back cover contains a container of Swans Down Cake Flour against a blue and orange background. The inside pages are dedicated to various recipes that utilize Swans Down Cake Flour in them. All recipes entail a list of the ingredients needed plus directions on how to prepare the dish. The pages are split into five categories including Good Recipes, A Hostess Calendar, For Perfect Cakes, General Index, and Cake Set Offer. There are drawn colored illustrations located throughout the inside pages of different prepared dishes. There are also black and white photographic illustrations depicting various steps for making the dishes.