Homemade Fudge and Cake Recipes From PET Milk
M-m-m Delicious...Made with PET Milk
Years ago our grandmothers enjoyed making these cake and fudge recipes with and for their children! Today, you can make the same delicious recipes for your family!
These recipes are fast and easy, made with convenient ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. They are perfect for making with children or anytime you need a dessert in a hurry! These recipes are great for bake sales or sharing with neighbors and friends during the holidays!
If you are looking for an old recipe that your mother or grandmother used to make, you might find it here. These homemade fudge and cake recipes are adapted from an old Pet Milk ad that was tucked away in a collection of my great-aunt Madaline's newspaper clippings from the late 1940s. I do not know if these recipes are from that era, but it is likely that they are. The little brochure was published by Pet Milk Company and is undated.
I do know that it was published prior to the use of zip codes. Inside the brochure it says, "For additional recipes, write for Mary Lee Taylor's latest cookbook. Pet Milk Col, 1418 Arcade Bldg., St. Louis 1, Mo."
Enjoy these old homemade fudge and cake recipes!
Vintage Pet Milk Recipe Book - Rare & Hard to Find!
Perhaps your mother or grandmother made goodies from this cookbook!
De Luxe Brownies
Evaporated Milk Recipes
Use your favorite brownie mix. Follow package directions for mixing fudgy or chewy brownies, but replace the water with double-rich PET Evaporated Milk and add an extra 2 Tablespoons of PET Milk. Follow the package directions for baking. If desired, cool, then spread with Chocolate Frosting.
This is the first recipe from the Pet Milk brochure....a recipe for chocolate frosting. This easy recipe only takes a few minutes to make!
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. Chocolate Pudding (not the "instant" kind)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup + 2 teaspoons PET Evaporated Milk
- 1 tablespoon Butter
Instructions
- 1. Mix well in a heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan 1 package of chocolate pudding mix (not the "instant" kind), 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup PET Evaporated Milk. Cook and stir to a full, all-over boil. Lower heat, stir and boil slowly for 3 minutes. Take off heat.
- 2. Without stirring, add 1 tablespoon of butter and let cool for 10 minutes. Then stir until mixture is VERY thick.
- 3. Add 2 teaspoons PET Evaporated Milk, and stir until thick enough to spread on a cool Skillet Cake (see recipe below) or 1 layer of cake, 13 x 9 inches.
- How to Make Skillet Cake: Use your favorite cake mix. Follow package directions, but bake in a 10-inch copper or aluminum skillet 50 to 60 minutes, or until cake pulls from sides. Cool before frosting.
Pet Milk Chocolate Clusters
- 1 package Chocolate Pudding (not the "instant" kind)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup PET Evaporated Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- 1 cup small
- salted Peanuts (OR
- 1 1/2 cups miniature Marshmallows)
Instructions
- 1. Mix well in a heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan the chocolate pudding mix, sugar, and PET Evaporated Milk. Cook and stir to a full, all-over boil. Lower heat, stir and boil slowly for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- 2. Without stirring, add the butter and let cool 10 minutes. Then stir until mixture is VERY thick.
- 3. Stir in the peanuts, or quickly fold in the marshmallows. With 2 teaspoons, drop candy quickly onto waxed paper. Makes about 24.
- Tip: If the candy becomes too stiff to drop easily, stir in a few drops of PET milk.
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Nut Frosted Cake
This is one of the most delicious recipes with evaporated milk: Nut Frosted Cake.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/3 cup Flour
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1 cup finely cut
- unsalted Nuts
- 1/2 cup PET Evaporated Milk
Instructions
- 1. Bake a 13 x 9-inch cake, using your favorite yellow cake mix.
- 2. While cake bakes, mix in a 1-quart bowl: the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nuts.
- 3. Stir in the evaporated milk a little at a time, until well blended.
- 4. When cake is baked, take from the oven and at once spread sugar mixture on top. Return cake to oven for 10 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.
Vanilla Nut Fudge - Homemade Fudge Recipe from the Pet Milk Company
This evaporated milk fudge is easy to make and delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 package Vanilla Pudding (not the "instant" kind)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup PET Evaporated Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Butter or Margarine
- 1/2 cup broken
- unsalted Nuts
Instructions
- 1. Mix well in a heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan, the pudding mix, sugar and Pet Milk.
- 2. Cook and stir to a full, all-over boil. Lower heat, stir and boil slowly for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- 3. Without stirring, add the butter or margarine.
- 4. Let cool 10 minutes, then stir until mixture is VERY thick.
- 5. Stir in the nuts.
- 6. If candy is too stiff to spread easily, stir in a few drops of PET Milk. Spread quickly in a buttered 9 x 5-inch pan. If desired, press shelled nut halves into top of fudge. Let stand until firm. Cut into squares.
Peanut Butter Fudge
Homemade Fudge Recipe from the PET Milk Company
Follow recipe for Vanilla Nut Fudge, but just before taking mixture off heat, stir in 1/4 cup of Peanut Butter. Omit broken nuts.
Just like Grandma used to make!
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