Vintage Cake Mixes & Desserts

About Vintage Cake Mixes & Desserts

Vintage Cake Mixes & Desserts is a free nostalgia trivia quiz with 15 multiple-choice questions with a mix of 8 easy, 7 medium questions. Remember when baking a cake was as easy as adding an egg and water? Test your knowledge of classic dessert brands! A typical run takes about 7 minutes, hints are always one tap away, and your streak ticks up the first time you finish a game on a given day.

A few sample questions

1. 1. Which brand introduced one of the first commercially successful cake mixes in 1947?

   Answer: Betty Crocker

   Betty Crocker (General Mills) introduced its 'Ginger Cake' mix in 1947, followed by 'Devils Food' and 'Party Cake' mixes. It became one of the leading cake mix brands.

2. 2. What famous Pillsbury Bake-Off winning recipe from 1966 featured a chocolate cake with a gooey fudge tunnel inside?

   Answer: Tunnel of Fudge Cake

   The Tunnel of Fudge Cake won second place at the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off. It was so popular it saved the Bundt pan from discontinuation and became one of the most iconic cake recipes ever.

3. 3. What type of cake pan surged in popularity after the Tunnel of Fudge Cake appeared at the Pillsbury Bake-Off?

   Answer: Bundt pan

   Nordic Ware's Bundt pan had been a slow seller until the Tunnel of Fudge Cake made it famous. After the Bake-Off, they sold over 60 million Bundt pans.

4. 4. What pineapple-topped cake, made by inverting a skillet cake, became one of the most popular American desserts of the 1950s?

   Answer: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

   Pineapple Upside-Down Cake was made by placing pineapple rings and maraschino cherries in butter and brown sugar in a skillet, then pouring cake batter on top and flipping it after baking.

5. 5. Which frosting product, sold in a can, was introduced in 1966 and eliminated the need to make frosting from scratch?

   Answer: Betty Crocker Ready-to-Spread

   Betty Crocker Ready-to-Spread Frosting was one of the first widely successful canned frostings, making cake decoration accessible to everyone.

Things you'll learn along the way

• ✓Jell-O's famous tagline 'There's always room for Jell-O' applied to both their gelatin and pudding products and became one of the most recognizable food slogans in advertising history.
• ✓Poke Cake became hugely popular in the 1970s. You'd poke holes in a baked white cake with a fork, then pour dissolved Jell-O over it. The gelatin would seep into the holes creating colorful stripes.
• ✓Hostess produced iconic snack cakes including Twinkies (1930), Ding Dongs (1967), and Ho Hos (1967). These treats were lunchbox staples for generations.