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Millionaire Pound Cake

Throughout the south, there are “millionaire” (or “million-dollar”) pies, cakes, puddings, trifles, and Lord knows what else—the implication being that the dessert is super rich.

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Lane Cake

If ever there was a true southern ceremonial layer cake, this is it. Created in Clayton, Alabama, by Emma Rylander Lane and called simply “Prize

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Cold Oven Pound Cake

Except for adding a little almond extract for additional flavor, I baked the cake just as directed, and, for whatever reasons, it turned out beautifully.

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Joe’s Key Lime Pie

Originally made with standard pastry crust, Key lime pie has presumably been a prized specialty of southern Florida and the Keys ever since the distinctive

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Jefferson Davis Pie

And most likely created during The War Between the States, this pie is basically a spicy version of chess pie and has as many versions

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Mixed Berry Cobbler

Quite often the fruits and berries used for classic Southern cobblers are preboiled slightly to produce maximum juice and flavor when baked. The concept behind

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Peach Crumble

Crumble, crisps, buckles, grunts, pandowdies, cobblers—the number of names used in the South to designate various styles of batter desserts made with fruits and berries

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Lemon-Date Pudding

In Southern cooking, dates show up in all sorts of breads, pies, puddings, and, of course, dark fruitcakes, and one of the most popular canapés

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The Original Bananas Foster

For years, there’s been lots of banter about the origin and correct preparation of Bananas Foster, without question one of the South’s (indeed, America’s) most

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Ambrosia

Frankly, I’ve never once seen ambrosia outside the South, served either as a salad or a dessert. Likewise, I’ve never seen ambrosia served in the

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I am a self-taught cook. I started cooking around 18 years old. I stood in the kitchen and watched my mother, who was my biggest inspiration at the time, cook.

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