Rose Cardamom Tea Cakes
Tea cakes are a classic dessert in the southern US. I have seen different versions of them, some more cake-like while others are more like sugar cookies; some have frosting and others don't. This [...]
Hummingbird Pancakes with Whipped Cream Cheese
Hummingbird cake is made with pineapple, bananas, pecans, and cream cheese frosting, and it’s considered a classic cake in the southern United States. It was first published in Southern Living in 1978, although it is [...]
Lemon Blueberry Chess Squares
Chess squares are another version of chess pie, a classic dessert of the Southern US. Although I've lived here my whole life, I'd never actually made chess squares or even eaten them until some [...]
Sweet Potato Pie with Hazelnut Pecan Gingerbread Crumble
Here is what I have been working on for Thanksgiving week! I have become really interested in slab pies recently, so this started out as one, but since we are having small Thansgivings [...]
Sweet Potato Biscuit Cinnamon Roll
Despite living in Alabama all of my life, I’ve never come around to really liking many non-dessert southern foods, and that’s especially true when it comes to breakfast. No shrimp and grits, no biscuits and gravy, none [...]