Grandma Angie's Raw Apple Cake

I found this in an old cookbook while cleaning out grandmom and grandpop Simpson's House.

As I child I remember this cake whenever we went there for Sunday Dinner. Seems easy, I'll try to make it.

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Boilers' Pumpkin Stew-Cake

Boilers' Pumpkin Stew-Cake

I just found a card in one of Grandpa Boilers' old suitcases that has the recipe for this odd dessert! It dates back to the Great Depression, and uses pumpkin stew as a base for a spongy cake, similar to the better-known tomato soup cake of the time. It's much sweeter than it has any right to be, and even though it smells a bit... interesting going into the oven, it comes out smelling like a fairly normal spice cake!

Top Italians' Garlic Gnocchi

The Top Italians' Garlic Gnocchi

One of the true prized heirlooms of our storied family is the Top Italians' gnocchi recipe. It's crazy how here in the US gnocchi is treated as a specialty dish, but we all grew up with it and never really thought of it in any way other than as kind of a given.

The Top Italians may have been largely forgotten by the historical record, but at least their impossibly flavorful and easy-to-make gnocchi lives on.