Y’all, making candy is hard because there are so many rules to follow. As it happened, I forgot the number one rule of sugar based candies: NEVER EVER EVER MAKE CANDY WHEN IT’S RAINING. *face. palm*
…Chicory Pralines
southern classics
Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Pound cake is the little black dress of southern baking. Like a LBD, a pound cake can be casual and plain, or they can be dressed up with flavor, like the lemon cream cheese pound cake recipe I am sharing today.
Everyone (and their mama) has a lemon pound cake recipe, some were passed down from generation to generation, while some are modern rifts on the classic. I can’t tell you how many church functions growing up, ended with a dessert table filled with pound cakes. Funerals, weddings, potlucks, family reunions, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Somehow magically, there was always a pound cake.
Cast Iron Cornbread
Any decent southern baker has a cornbread recipe. And every southern baker has an opinion about whether or your not sugar belongs in cornbread. Team Sugar, over here. Cornbread made in a cast iron is a staple. It’s iconic. It’s a classic. I’ve made this particular recipe so many times that I have it memorized. …
