Southern Cakes offers everything a beginner baker needs to know to create an impressive and authentically Southern cake. In addition to a Baking 101 section where you can learn the baking basics, Nancie McDermott shares 65 cake recipes—including coconut cakes, fruitcakes, and the well-loved Southern layer cakes—plus directions for classic frostings and fillings.

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.…Each moist and delicious forkful represents the spirit of the South

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