Table Talk

By Norey

April 6, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

I have always wanted their recipe for that fire carrot cake. Does anyone have it. My mom used to buy them everytime we would go downtown to Rich’s. They were the best.

By Jessica

April 6, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this

I have a picture of my mother standing in the kitchen in the 70’s getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner, with a Rich’s green & white cake box on the counter behind her. We liked to get half of a German chocolate cake, and half of a coconut cake. The ladies would put the cake halves together in the box and tie it up with string.

By Charlotte

April 10, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

I remember eating chocolate chess pie from Rich’s Bake Shop. Does anyone know the recipe

By Carol Farriba

April 11, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

My family holds mouth-watering memories of treats from Rich’s Bakery. The coconut cake was probably our number 1 favorite, closely followed by the Japanese fruit cake. If anyone has this recipe, please post it for me. The other treat that I remember fondly is the fruit-bar cookies. No Christmas dinner would have been complete without the Coconut Cake and the Japanese Fruit Cake from Rich’s Bakery. Long live these fond memories.

By Shelly

April 11, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this

Every Christmas Eve my Grandmother would buy a chocolate and coconut cake from the Rich’s Bakery. My Family loved shopping at Rich’s. I sure do miss those days!

By Robyn Burns

April 11, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

Rich’s brownies were the best I have ever tasted! And the “elephant ears” were yummy, too. I was recently reminded of their small, round mints while on a visit to California. I found something almost identical in a local deli. Seeing them brought back memories of something gone but not forgotten.

By sharon

April 11, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

I have wonderful memories of Atlanta baby showers where the hostess served Rich’s gooey/buttery petits fours. And during power shopping trips, my mother and I would stop by the bakery for a few cheese straws and a wedding cookie (or two).

By Laura

April 11, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

I worked for Richway in the Richs building downtown for 7 years. I would sneak up to the “employee bakery” where birthday cakes that were ordered and not picked up would be sold for $1 to employees…ahhhh… Those were the best cakes EVER! Bless those lame people that didn’t pick up their cakes!

By Carol

April 11, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this

It was a big treat for Mother and I to drive to the Downtown Rich’s (before there were any others that I know of) for shopping. She was smart enough to wait to go through the bakery until we were on our way to the car. I have absolutely no recollection of what she bought but she always got me one of those big chunks of white chocolate. With my mouth full of that, I couldn’t really squawk about having to sit in the back seat (pre-seat-belt days!).

By pamela

April 11, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this

Do I remember the Rich’s Bakery! It was the first thing I looked forward to when going downtown with my mother. We were just having this conversation on last week about those good on cupcakes, brownies and donuts. They were freshly baked and delicious. There has not been a bakery to come close to the southern flavor of Rich’s. Let’s not talk about birthday cakes!

By marley dow

April 12, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this

does anyone remember roxy’s deli in the tenth street area? I wish I could have a plate of their spaghetti or at least the recipe - my tech husband and I would have a splurge night occasionally and feast on spaghetti, salad, bread and coffee for $1.00 each - maybe that included the tip!

By Penny

April 12, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

When I was growing up in Tucker, our BIG Saturday trip was to go downtown to Rich’s and the Candy Kettle next door. We could only afford the broken stick candy at the Candy Kettle but who cared? We always go a Lemon Cheese Cake from Rich’s Bakery. I never figured out why it was called that because it wasn’t what we consider a cheesecake. It was white cake with a lemon filling and topped with lemon filling. Then the sides were iced with white icing! We only go to get the bar size instead of the whole cake but it was our favorite!! Does anybody have a recipe? I have tried several but none come up to the memory.

By Lei -Lei

April 12, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this

Rich’s Bake Shop was my last stop always! after a day of shopping at the Rich’s Downtown Store (the ultimate in shopping at the time)! I lived in Athens then and always took home coconut cake and lemon cheese cake! I used to say when I died I wanted to go to Rich’s bakery and fabric departments! My favorite places in the store. Now they’re “gone with the wind.”

By Auntie Beeb

April 12, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

I remember a version of Rich’s coconut cake that had the “lemon cheese” filling - my absolute favorite. What we old southerners call “lemon cheese” is actually lemon curd - a traditional British dessert topping made from egg yolks, butter, sugar, and fresh lemon juice and peel. Not really hard to make, and soooooo delicious! I also remember the peanut butter & jelly sandwiches made on pastel-colored bread that were sold in the little cafe on the bridge at the downtown store. I loved Rich’s and still miss them!

By MJ

April 12, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this

We would go to the beach every summer. Before we left Atlanta, my mother would get several boxes of the “Elephant Ears” and we would have that with our peaches every morning for breakfast - I have never found a pastry so light, flakey and flavorful since the bakery went out of business - nothing compares!

By ANdrea

April 13, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

Yes, I thought I was the only person in the world that remembered Japanese Fruitcake. If anyone has the Recipe for that and the Lemon Cheese Cake (which I dont think had any cheese in it at all) Please send.

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April 13, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

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By Doug

April 13, 2007 8:28 PM | Link to this

WE loved the elephant ears too!! Especially w/ strawberries. Rich’s bakery was the McLatchie circle favorite. We’ll never have the pink pig like the one in Rich’s.

By Sherry

April 16, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this

If anyone else out there has any more of the Rich’s receipes, please post! I remember their yellow cake with chocolate icing. If memory serves me correct, the cake had maybe three or four small layers. The icing was cooked, not the instant type you find on cakes now!

By Andrea

April 17, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

To Sherry:

If you look in the recipe collection, there is a recipe for a boiled chocolate (fudge) icing. It is very good. Use the yellow cake recipe for the Rich’s coconut cake and the cooked icing and add a cold glass of milk, and you will be on your way to yesteryear!! Enjoy.

By Betty

April 19, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

Recalling all of my memories and reading other’s memories about Rich’s bake shop makes me so homesick for it! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a “Rich’s Cookbook” with all the wonderful Rich’s recipes from the Magnolia Room and Bake Shop.

By pamela

April 19, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

I do wish I could get the recipe for fruit bars. I have tried a few recipes but none came close

By Monica

April 19, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

I remember those awesome brownies! My mother loved them. My sister and I were also in the cookie club, where we got a free cookie each month! That was the best!

By John Plant

April 20, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

WE ALSO REMEMBER THE UNBEATABLE BROWNIES. ANYONE PLEASE GIVE THE RECEIPE TO FOOD GODDESS PLEASE SO SHE CAN SHARE THE RECEIPE WITH ALL OF US. sURELY SOMEONE WORK WORKED FOR RICH’S WILL REMEMBER AND SHARE LIKE THE DID WITH THE COCONUT CAKE. THANKS FOR TRYING. jOHN