Supposedly, it was a vanilla almond cake that Mary Todd was able to win over the stern lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. They tied the knot in 1842 in Springfield, Illinois. While Abe came from very humble beginnings in rural Kentucky, Mary came from an affluent family. She was not a cook, rather a shopaholic, as she came from the “upper-crust, slave-owning” Todd family. It was when … Continue reading Vanilla Almond Cake