Charleston Huguenot Torte

I first encountered this cake in the pages of John Martin Taylor’s landmark book, Hoppin’ John’s Low Country Cooking, an essential volume for anyone hungry for deep, delicious knowledge of Southern cuisine. Based on a rustic cake known as Ozark Pudding, this dessert appeared in Charleston Receipts, the grand dame of community cookbooks, published in 1950 and still in print today. Taylor tracked down Mrs. Evelyn Florance, who developed