The Best Recipes
from the 1900s to the 1980s
from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis is a social media personality who
has tasked himself with baking and tasting unusual recipes from bygone years. Born and
raised on the island of Bermuda, he later attended college at the University of Wyoming to
further a career as a jazz pianist and arranger. He stumbled into both baking and social
media fame at once in 2020, when quarantine boredom led him to film an investigation of an
old cookbook he had collected from an estate sale. Hundreds of recipes later, Dylan now
entertains millions across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram with his unique style and fast
jokes.
A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the
best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century
Friends of baking,
are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than
this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats
of yesteryear.
Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan
shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of
humor, you’ll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie
from the 1960s.
Dylan has baked hundreds of recipes from countless antique cookbooks
and selected only the best for this bakebook, sharing the shining stars from each decade.
And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are
spectacular failures, he’s thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you
to try if you dare.
I love baking and trying out new recipes, but there's something special about making desserts that have been passed down through generations. Baking Yesteryear is a delightful collection of recipes that have stood the test of time and are just as delicious today as they were decades ago.
As someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I was thrilled to discover Baking Yesteryear and rediscover some of my favorite childhood treats. The recipes are easy to follow and the results are simply delicious. This cookbook is a must-have for anyone who loves vintage baking!