Here's a recipe for a lime Jello 'salad'. This is a great example of the odd way salads were interpreted in the 1950s and 1960s--slap a leaf of iceberg lettuce on a plate, toss something sweet on top, add a blob of mayonnaise, and call it a salad. Minus the lettuce leaf and the mayonnaise, this would be a decent dessert.
Here's a recipe for a lime Jello 'salad'. This is a great example of the odd way salads were interpreted in the 1950s and 1960s--slap a leaf of iceberg lettuce on a plate, toss something sweet on top, add a blob of mayonnaise, and call it a salad. Minus the lettuce leaf and the mayonnaise, this would be a decent dessert.
Angels' food cake, updated with roasted sugar (the link for the cake recipe is at the bottom of the article about roasting sugar): https://food52.com/blog/20235-how-to-make-and-use-roasted-sugar
Pineapple upside down cake isn't bad in its 60's incarnation, but using fresh pineapple instead of canned would definitely be a step up. Here's a recipe from Flour Bakery in Boston -- they are particularly good at this sort of homey American dessert: https://food52.com/recipes/16419-flour-bakery-s-pineapple-upside-down-cake
You had me until picnic.
Here's a list of some popular desserts...only you can tell if you have the equipment to present these on a picnic.
http://www.metv.com/lists/10-popular-desserts-of-the-1960s-that-deserve-a-comeback
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Pineapple upside down cake isn't bad in its 60's incarnation, but using fresh pineapple instead of canned would definitely be a step up. Here's a recipe from Flour Bakery in Boston -- they are particularly good at this sort of homey American dessert: https://food52.com/recipes/16419-flour-bakery-s-pineapple-upside-down-cake
Here's a list of some popular desserts...only you can tell if you have the equipment to present these on a picnic.
http://www.metv.com/lists/10-popular-desserts-of-the-1960s-that-deserve-a-comeback