Cocktail Parties with a retro Edge.

"The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts." Hal Boyle

My husband and I just love to host parties. I always try to get an edge on the other couples by making fabulous dishes and alot of times I look to the past for some retro tastes that are just dying for a comeback.
My bestfriend Betsy and her husband John once came over for an evening of games and her and I spent a good part of the evening just trying to make a Coca Cola cake, it wasnt the prettiest thing but it sure did taste good and gave us a good laugh while we drank wine and baked!
I can now successfully make a pretty coca cola cake, and a great pink champagne cupcakes...

Heres some more fun, flirty and fabulous vintage recipes you should try for your next event...

Swiss Fondue served with cubed bread and veggies, but follow proper ettiquette, no touching the tip of your fondue fork with your mouth and dont drop anything into the fondue. Serve with a nice wine. Heres a great fondue set Trudeau 15-Piece Meat Fondue Set

Or try this Cottage Fruit Salad Recipe from Betty Crocker. http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/cottage-fruit-salad/e71e026c-40c3-42f9-8b53-3be9a755305e

Or try this recipe for Spicy Chiffon Cake http://www.recipegoldmine.com/cakeangel/spicy-chiffon-cake.html
Heres a cook book that has some cool chiffon recipes as well A World of Cake: From honey cakes to flat cakes, fritters to chiffons, meringues to mooncakes, tartes to tortes, fruit cakes to spice cakes, 150 recipes ... traditions from cultures around the world