Product Description

Taste the chocolatey goodness of Mississippi Mud or marvel at the extravagant elegance of the Lady Baltimore and there will be no doubt that Southerners know how to bake a cake. Here are 65 recipes for some of the most delicious ever. Jam cakes and jelly rolls; humble pear bread and peanut cake; whole chapters on both chocolate and coconut cakes each moist and delicious forkful represents the spirit of the South. A Baking 101 section offers the cake basics, some finishing touches (that means frosting and lots of it!), and the how-to's of storing each lovely concoction so that the last slice tastes as fresh and delightful as the first.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8200 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

About the Author
Nancie McDermott, cooking teacher and author, lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Becky Luigart-Stayner is a photographer for numerous magazines and lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Customer Reviews

southern cAKES
this book is really great it explains in simple terms ,, the only down side is that some of the cakes are complexed and ..I was looking for "literatly southern cakes" like pound cakes etc . But over all the book is great.

Southern Cakes
This book has been a blessing to me it has given me lots of new recipes for me me to try and share with my family.

Great Recipes and well-written
My son bought me this book for Mother's Day. I love it. I love the background stories behind the recipes. I made the Cream Cheese Pound Cake this past weekend. Everyone loved it!