{"product_id":"baker-s-chocolate-1940-apricot-cake-recipe-print-ad-full-page-10-5-x-13-5","title":"Baker’s Chocolate 1940 Apricot Cake Recipe Print Ad Full Page 10.5 x 13.5","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"436\"\u003eThis 1940 Baker’s Chocolate magazine advertisement promotes the brand through a detailed recipe feature for chocolate and apricot layer cake, reflecting the company’s long-running strategy of marketing baking ingredients through household recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003eBaker’s Chocolate, one of the oldest branded chocolate products in the United States, was widely advertised in American magazines throughout the early twentieth century with recipe-centered campaigns aimed at home bakers. These advertisements often combined colorful illustrations, step-by-step cooking scenes, and full recipes to encourage readers to use branded chocolate in cakes, desserts, and holiday treats. By 1940, such ads had become a familiar feature of women’s magazines and household publications, presenting baking as both a domestic skill and a creative pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1714\"\u003eThe full-page advertisement features a large central image of a layered chocolate cake filled and topped with white frosting and decorated with apricot pieces and chocolate accents. Across the top appears an illustrated cooking scene showing a woman preparing cake batter while the headline reads Honey I Says Chocolate An Apricot Makes Scrumptious Cake. A recipe panel on the left provides the instructions for chocolate apricot dessert cake, while the Baker’s Chocolate packaging and product illustration appear near the lower section of the layout. The design combines recipe instruction, product branding, and domestic kitchen imagery typical of American food advertising from the early 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1716\" data-end=\"2005\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52982727770296,"sku":"20250320w M5","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_7d2fce53-f91c-4dfc-9ae6-c79a4874adae.jpg?v=1773103784","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/baker-s-chocolate-1940-apricot-cake-recipe-print-ad-full-page-10-5-x-13-5","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}