Recipe for hummingbird cake, a Southern white layer cake made with mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, pecans and spices. The story goes it’s so good you’ll hum while you eat it.
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A recipe for benne brittle, a nineteenth century sesame seed candy made in Charleston and the South Carolina Low Country.
A traditional pumpkin pie recipe based on one from the 1890s made with pure maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
An old Southern family recipe for lemon pound cake made with real butter. It has a fine crumb and a delicious lemon flavor.
For the Crust:
2 1/2 cups Graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup Butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
For the Filling:
5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 large eggs
2 [...]
This cake is a holiday tradition at my house. It’s rich, moist, and filled with coconut and walnuts.
For the cake:
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites
1 small can flaked coconut, reserving 2 tablespoons for garnish
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 [...]
Bananas Foster is a legendary New Orleans dessert made with warm bananas, brown sugar, brandy and banana liqueur served warm over vanilla ice cream.
For the crust:
1 3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons cold butter
3/4 cup milk
For the filling:
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup unbleached aa[[ purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 quarts fresh strawberries, stemmed and cut in [...]
For the crust:
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/4) pound butter, cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons ice water
For the filling:
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Pinch of black pepper
2 pounds peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into wedges (about 3 cups)
For [...]
Served at a famous Kentucky horse race…you know the one!
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 tablespoons rum
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup flour
1 stick butter or margarine
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup pecans — chopped
1 unbaked 9″ pie shell
Combine sugar, flour and eggs. Add nuts, coconut and rum. Melt butter. Add butte. Pour chocolate chips on bottom of [...]
