Southern Cakes. Sweet and Irresistible Recipes for Everyday Celebrations

Customer Reviews

Very good book

2008-07-26
Very good recipes, or at least they seem to be. I didn't get a chance to try any yet.

southern cAKES

2008-07-22
this book is really great it explains in simple terms ,, the only down side is that some of the cakes are complexed and ..I was looking for "literatly southern cakes" like pound cakes etc . But over all the book is great.

Southern Cakes

2008-07-07
This book has been a blessing to me it has given me lots of new recipes for me me to try and share with my family.

Great Recipes and well-written

2008-05-27
My son bought me this book for Mother's Day. I love it. I love the background stories behind the recipes. I made the Cream Cheese Pound Cake this past weekend. Everyone loved it!

Have only tried two recipes so far, but...

2008-05-12
I took this book to my mom's house and we chose two cakes to bake - the Red Velvet and the Thibodeaux Chocolate Doberge. My mom is a serious baker who rarely allows store-bought desserts or bread into the house, so I knew she would be a good one to test out this book with. The Red Velvet cake was not terribly impressive. Our cake had a soggy, fallen middle, yet managed to be over-baked around the edges. I could also taste the chemical flavor of the red food coloring, but that could just be the brand I used. The frosting was delicious.

The chocolate cake itself was delicious, but the recipe indicates a 300 degree oven. On our first try, baking the layers at 300 for 40 minutes in 8-inch rounds (instead of 9), resulted in raw cake. We purchased 9-inch rounds as the recipe called for and baked the next cake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. All of the other recipes in the book call for a 350 oven, so I'm not sure why this one was 300. 350 worked much better. The filling turned out to be delicious - essentially a chocolate pudding. The frosting did not turn out at all, and seems like a strange recipe for frosting. After following the instructions, chilling the frosting overnight then attempting to beat it into something that could be considered frosting, we ended up with a very runny (but tasty) concoction. We made my mom's recipe for a chocolate buttercream frosting that's not too sweet and it went perfectly with the cake.

I am looking forward to trying more recipes from this book. I think the caramel cake and the oatmeal cake will be next...

A mexican review

2008-04-06
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. Jam cakes and jelly rolls; humble pear bread and peanut cake; whole chapters on both chocolate and coconut cakes each moist and delicious forkful represents the spirit of the South. A Baking 101 section offers the cake basics, some finishing touches (that means frosting and lots of it!), and the how-to's of storing each lovely concoction so that the last slice tastes as fresh and delightful as the first.

Happy Cake Baker

2008-03-04
I've finally found the cake recipe book that I've been searching for years for. I especially like the yellow cake recipe - with chocolate icing reminds me of my childhood birthday cakes from scratch. I was always intimated by scratch cakes. Now I feel like a bonafide cake baker with this book. I haven't used a boxed cake mix since I got this book. The cakes are so moist and delicious - you can't go wrong with this one.

Southern Cakes

2008-02-13
I highly recomend this cookbook. My favorite "NEW" cake so far is the tomato soup cake. I took it to work today and had people requesting the recipe. And they were the people that made a face when I told them that there was a can of tomato soup in the cake. Also, what is nice are the hints at the front of the book on baking. I learned a couple of things and thought I knew them all. The book also has a great selection of common recipes that anyone can use. A very good value for the money.

amazing cookbook!

2008-01-05
This is the first southern cookbook that has cake recipes that taste like the cakes I grew up with. Those cakes were made by the amazing cooks in the Black Baptist church I grew up in. I haven't tasted cakes like those for years. The White Chocolate cake and the Caramel cake are amazing! The recipes are easy to follow and produce a wonderful taste and texture.I HIGHLY recommend this book if you want authentic southern cake recipes because this is the real deal!

What a beautiful book!

2008-01-01
Not only are the recipes yummy to think about making, but the book is really really interesting to read. I read the whole thing cover to cover when I got it the first day. It has a lot of great information about cakes, how to make them, tips for making them better, etcetera.

I have to admit that the main reason why I bought this book was the coconut cake on the front cover because I am a die-hard coconut fan and the reviewer that said that coconut cakes get their own chapter in this book. They do and rightfully so...they are really in their own genre. The classic coconut cake was the first and only thing that I have made from this book so far. I was QUITE impressed and it looked just like the picture. The cake came out fantastic and was not hard to make at all. The only thing I would recommend for that recipe is to double the frosting quantity as the amount recommended was not enough and the cake didn't stay together because the icing layer was too thin. But it came out great and the cake was such a hit at my dinner party on Christmas Eve. I can't wait to try the other recipes.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a great cake cookbook...I can tell just from reading the recipes that they are really good ones.