Can we talk about how much more sugar old cake recipes used?

I was flipping through my grandma's 1975 Betty Crocker cookbook and a basic yellow cake called for a full two cups of sugar, which is way more than my modern recipes use. I made it last weekend and it was honestly TOO sweet, like a sugar rush in every bite. Did cake formulas just change that much over the years, or was my grandma's sweet tooth off the charts?

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rowanjenkins22d ago

My mom's 1970s cookie recipes always taste like pure sugar to me now.

harris.drew22d ago

Nah, you just got used to less sugar... that old cake is the real deal. Our taste buds are the ones that changed, not the recipes.