Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Can I bake a real cake using a vintage children's toy? In this video, I attempt to make a brightly colored, three-layer Colorvision Cake using a 1953 Betty Crocker Junior Baking Kit.
Want to try making a Colorvision Cake yourself? Check out the original recipe and the updated version from Betty Crocker below:
“Colorvision Cake,” Betty Crocker ad, ca. 1951, Frances S. Baker Product Cookbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History (https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NMAH.AC.0612_ref17)
“Color Vision Cake,” Betty Crocker Kitchens, Jun 28, 2011 (bettycrocker.com/recipes/color-vision-cake/5ba80984-ec55-4537-8b44-afbb9bf3a097)
Sources:
“Delicate Pink or Pale Green: Colorvision Cake Makes Its Debut,” Mary Hart, The Minneapolis Tribune, Oct 12, 1951 (via newspapers.com)
“New Cake Is Iced In Color,” Dorothy Robertson, The Times Dispatch, Oct 12, 1951 (via newspapers.com)
“New Betty Crocker Junior Baking Kit,” Ad, The Los Angeles Times, Oct 18, 1953 (via newspapers.com)
“General Mills Sets Earnings, Sales Records,” Edmund J. Phelps, Sr., The Minneapolis Tribune, Mar 18, 1966 (via newspapers.com)
“Who’s Kenner Gonna Call for Next Hit? Ghostbusters!,” Mark Braykovich, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov 17, 1986 (via newspapers.com)
Kid Stuff: Great Toys from our Childhood,” David Hoffman, 1996 (via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/kidstuffgreattoy0000hoff/page/26/mode/2up?q=%22safety+bake+oven%22)
Can I bake a real cake using a vintage children's toy? In this video, I attempt to make a brightly colored, three-layer Colorvision Cake using a 1953 Betty Crocker Junior Baking Kit.
Want to try making a Colorvision Cake yourself? Check out the original recipe and the updated version from Betty Crocker below:
“Colorvision Cake,” Betty Crocker ad, ca. 1951, Frances S. Baker Product Cookbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History (https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NMAH.AC.0612_ref17)
“Color Vision Cake,” Betty Crocker Kitchens, Jun 28, 2011 (bettycrocker.com/recipes/color-vision-cake/5ba80984-ec55-4537-8b44-afbb9bf3a097)
Sources:
“Delicate Pink or Pale Green: Colorvision Cake Makes Its Debut,” Mary Hart, The Minneapolis Tribune, Oct 12, 1951 (via newspapers.com)
“New Cake Is Iced In Color,” Dorothy Robertson, The Times Dispatch, Oct 12, 1951 (via newspapers.com)
“New Betty Crocker Junior Baking Kit,” Ad, The Los Angeles Times, Oct 18, 1953 (via newspapers.com)
“General Mills Sets Earnings, Sales Records,” Edmund J. Phelps, Sr., The Minneapolis Tribune, Mar 18, 1966 (via newspapers.com)
“Who’s Kenner Gonna Call for Next Hit? Ghostbusters!,” Mark Braykovich, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov 17, 1986 (via newspapers.com)
Kid Stuff: Great Toys from our Childhood,” David Hoffman, 1996 (via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/kidstuffgreattoy0000hoff/page/26/mode/2up?q=%22safety+bake+oven%22)
