Betty Crocker's Cake and Frosting Mix Cookbook 1966 First Edition First Printing Golden Press Vintage Hardcover

Betty Crocker's Cake and Frosting Mix Cookbook is a colorful mid-century baking classic packed with more than 300 recipes and dozens of decorating techniques using the popular cake and frosting mixes of the era.

Published by Golden Press in 1966, this First Edition, First Printing cookbook captures the look and feel of American home baking during the 1960s.

Filled with vibrant full-color photography, decorating tutorials, candies, frostings, party cakes, holiday desserts, and baking tips, it remains both a nostalgic collectible and an enjoyable vintage recipe book.

Details

• Title: Betty Crocker's Cake and Frosting Mix Cookbook
• Publisher: Golden Press, New York
• Publication Year: 1966
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing (stated)
• Copyright: General Mills, Inc.
• Illustrator: Alice Golden
• Binding: Hardcover with exposed metal spiral binding
• Pages: 144
• Dimensions: Approximately 10 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Language: English
• Contents: More than 300 recipes featuring cakes, frostings, decorating techniques, candies, cookies, and dessert ideas.

Condition Grade: Good

Highlights

• First Edition, First Printing.
• Bright, colorful photography throughout.
• Metal spiral binding is complete and functions properly.
• Pages are clean, colorful, and easy to read.

Condition Notes

• Noticeable shelf wear, scuffing, and rubbing to the front and back covers.
• Corner wear with heavier bumping and paper loss at the upper rear corner.
• Very light scattered spotting from age and use.
• Interior pages remain clean with no writing noted.
• Binding remains secure and the metal spiral is in good working condition.

Condition Grade Key

• Near Fine: Minimal signs of handling.
• Very Good: Light wear with clean, attractive pages.
• Good: Complete, sound, and fully usable with moderate wear.
• Fair: Heavy wear but complete and readable.

Collector's Notes

This colorful 1966 cookbook reflects the popularity of convenience baking during the mid-century era while showcasing the elaborate cake decorating styles that defined American celebrations of the 1960s.

Its vintage photography, whimsical illustrations, and decorating techniques make it equally appealing to cookbook collectors, home bakers, and enthusiasts of retro kitchen decor.

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Care and Handling:
Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.

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