Celebrate Chronically Vintage's 5th birthday, and Easter, with a 1950s Cocoa Chiffon Cake

 
Hang up the banners, inflate the balloons, put your favourite vintage party dress on and shout out some hearty cheers, because today, my dear friends, Chronically Vintage turns five years old!





{Hip hip hooray! Chronically Vintage is five years old today, and much like Lucy, Desi and their two young kids in this fantastic 1950s family photo, I'm in the mood to party!!! Image source.}


That's right, though at times it feels just like just yesterday that I took my first exciting steps into the world of vintage blogging (my personal reflections on the first four years of CV's life can be found in this post from last April), it has in fact been half a decade since the very first post debuted here on the evening of April 17, 2009.

In the years that followed, more than 1,050 blog posts have appeared here, this blog has become my actual full-time job, and an unendingly important part of my life. Even if I haven't been penning posts, not a single day in the past five years has been devoid of at least a few thoughts pertaining to my blog.

Whether I'm working on next month's post schedule, sourcing post ideas, doing research, brainstorming ideas, taking vintage outfit photos, visiting some of the many other wonderful vintage blogs in our sphere, hanging out on social media, shopping for vintage, cooking or baking a vintage recipe, watching a classic Hollywood film, looking at old photos, or just chatting about the past with a loved one, by the sheer fact that so much of my life centres around vintage related topics, my blog - and what I want to write here - is never far from my mind.

And I wouldn't have it any other way! Though, yes, of course, there are times when I need a brief breather (aka, blogcation), have had to put blogging on hold for a little while because of my health, had pressing worries or problems in life take center stage, or my blogging mojo feels like its temporarily waning, no matter what, when all is said and done, I've always, always felt the pull, drive and desire to keep on blogging and sharing in my love of the past with all of you!
To celebrate this fabulous birthday and the fact that Easter, another awesome annual event is just around the corner, today we're baking up a thoroughly scrumptious, and beautiful, looking vintage Cocoa Chiffon Cake (because, both special events suit chocolate so very well!).




{Airy and lovely as a springtime cloud, this attention grabbing 1940s Cocoa Chiffon Cake is the perfect dessert to make any special day all the more delicious and festive! Image source.}


I have loved, with all my heart and soul, the last five years of my life as a vintage blogger. During that time, I've learned so much, made many incredible friends, been inspired in an untold number of ways, and known a kind of happiness unlike any other I've ever experienced. This blog would not be what it is today, however, without all of you, my amazing, encouraging, fabulous readers, and with all my heart, I thank you for each comment, friendship and source of inspiration you have bestowed upon me since 2009.

The fires of my passion for vintage blogging burn stronger today than ever before and I have the highest of hopes that, in what will probably feel like another mere blink of the eye, before we know we'll be toasting Chronically Vintage's sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth birthday, plus scores more to come after that.

I love, appreciate and am so very happy to know all of you, and to have this awesome platform upon with to delight in, celebrate, and preserve the past every day in fresh, fun, marvelous new ways! Here's to another stellar year of blogging and to everything the future holds in store for us!