Name/Title
Baker's Coconut: Baker's Favorite Chocolate Recipes. A Handbook of Chocolate Cookery. 1943.Entry/Object ID
2010.007.0106Scope and Content
Baker's Favorite Chocolate Recipes. A Handbook of Chocolate Cookery. Issued by Consumer Service Department, Walter Baker & Co., Inc., Dorchester Mass., Division of General Foods Corp. Copyright 1943. Softcover book, bottom fore-edge, 4" wide x 7" high, 108 pp. plus covers; color and black-and-white illustrations.
A recipe book for the several types of chocolate made by this company. Baker's Coconut, which was made in Hoboken at the time of publication, is among the other General Foods products found in the recipes. It was made in two types, Premium Shred and Southern Style, by the Franklin Baker Division of General Foods. (Baker's Chocolate and Baker's Coconut shared the name Baker, but were separate divisions.)
Cross promotion for other General Foods products listed in ingredients such as Swans Down Cake Flour, Jell-O, Calumet Baking Powder and Post Toasties. (Minute Tapioca has not been found in the recipes.)
Only the chocolate product packaging is seen.Acquisition
Accession
2010.007Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1943 - 1943Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1943
Date(s): 1943-1943General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-08-09
