Recipes handed down from one generation to another are amazing and priceless. A few are downright sinful with fat and sugar content—that’s the reason they make it through the halls of time and into our hearts.
In 1933, Kraft developed the alternative to mayonnaise as less costly replacement to a popular spread. They premiered Miracle Whip at the Chicago World’s Fair. Creative southern ladies found a way to incorporate the new mixture into a tasty cake. Many of the cooks passed their creation down in hand-written form.
A few years after the creamy invention of Miracle Whip was introduced in Chicago, a newlywed with the last name of Baker traveled from Kentucky to Texas with a recipe for a chocolate cake made with Miracle Whip. In ancient times, sir names came about due to an occupation, and bakers usually engineered new sweets. This particular lady named Baker may not have conceived the recipe, but she saved it, along with several others and made her new hubby a happy man in their new Texas Hill Country home.
