Ten seriously scrumptious vintage chocolate desserts

Given the hefty heat wave that much of the world is melting away under right now, the first day of August might not seem like ideal time for a post about chocolate desserts. Valentine's, Easter, or Halloween perhaps, I hear you say, but I have good reason for busting out the vintage chocolate as we launch into the eight month of the year, sun a blazing away wildly over head.

You see, next Monday, the 6th, just happens to my sweet husband's birthday, and Tony is a chocoholic if ever there was one! Though he's the first to admit he has a sweet tooth in general, chocolate has always been his dessert passion and culinary guilty pleasure of choice, so in honour of Tony's 32nd birthday, I thought it would be oodles of fun to gather of ten vintage chocolate based desserts that I've been stashing away to use in recipe posts for some time now.

As it's a birthday that we'll soon be toasting, there you'll find several cakes amongst the list, but there are also mouth-watering recipes for splendid looking pies, a silky cream roll, and a comforting chocolate bread pudding, too. It's safe to say that there's at least one recipe here to please nearly every chocolate fan!

{Chocolate Chip Cake}

{Chocolate Pear Cream Pie}

{Chocolate Bread Pudding}

{Checkerboard Cake}

{Chocolate Fudge Pie}

{Choco-Walnut Potato Cake}

{Chocolate Meringue Pie}

{Chocolate Almond Cream Roll}

{One Bowl Chocolate Cake with Chiffon Frosting}

{Double Chocolate Marble Cake}

{All vintage recipe images above are from Flickr. Please click on an image to be taken to its respective Flickr source.}

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While August often dictates frozen desserts, iced coffees, and no-bake cheesecakes, should you happen to have a birthday or anything else important that you're planning to celebrate this month, I hope you'll find one or more awesomely yummy yesteryear chocolate recipes from amongst this selection that will fit the bill for your special event to a tee.

Though Tony's big day is still nearly a week away, I can't help but feel giddy with excitement about it already! Now though, the real question becomes, which of these sweet, sinfully fabulous chocolate desserts should I make him?


*PS*

Tony's not the only one who's in line to receive a delightful treat soon. If you haven't already, be sure to enter Chronically Vintage's giveaway this week for a $40.00 gift certificate from Malta based etsy vintage fashion seller Fairyfiligree, and you too could see soon be celebrating with a fantastic new gift of your own!
 

Kicking off February with vintage Chocolate Brownie Pie

Can you believe it, February - the month of grey, slushy snow piles, loves notes, and a mere twenty-nine days - is here already. Weren’t we just tossing confetti into the air, saying so long to 2011, and waiting for the ball to drop?

Time, as it always does, marches forward though and New Year's is once again a pleasant memory. Now, crossing into the second month of the year, we've been properly introduced to 2012, and that's worth celebrating in its own right.

As this is month that houses Valentine's Day after all, it only seems fitting that  February's first vintage recipe be one that's fabulously sweet, bursting with chocolate, and perfect for a special evening with someone you love (romantically or otherwise).

I tend to find that good food tastes even better in the company of someone I care about, and hope the same will ring true for you as well when you bite into today's scrumptious recipe for Chocolate Brownie Pie.

{Though the image here does admittedly leave a bit to be desired, this delightful chocolate and pecan stuffed dessert sounds so mouth-wateringly fantastic that a somewhat monochromatic photo can easily be forgiven. Vintage Chocolate Brownie Pie recipe by way of Shelf Life Taste Test on Flickr.}

These days hybrid desserts that marry two or more classics (e.g., red velvet cookies, doughnut cupcakes, or birthday cake ice cream) are all the rage (not mention endlessly popular on Pinterest!), but they were less common and certainly more novel for folks a few decades ago, which is all the more reason I wanted to share this great vintage pie recipe with you the moment I spotted it.

I hope that just like this tasty treat itself, you each have a seriously sweet, completely enjoyable February, dear friends!