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from scratch - "Southern Cakes" by Nancie McDermott.
This is not only a very good cookbook but a great read too. Now while I am south of the Mason-Dixon line, I'm not a southern per se in that I don't like excessively sweet desserts as most southerners seem to be prefer, so admittedly there are a few cakes in here I probably would never make. There's a chapter just on coconut cakes and a very nice variety of pound cakes. The photographs (each recipe is NOT pictured) are beautiful and makes one want to rush right out to the kitchen and start baking.
This is not only a very good cookbook but a great read too. Now while I am south of the Mason-Dixon line, I'm not a southern per se in that I don't like excessively sweet desserts as most southerners seem to be prefer, so admittedly there are a few cakes in here I probably would never make. There's a chapter just on coconut cakes and a very nice variety of pound cakes. The photographs (each recipe is NOT pictured) are beautiful and makes one want to rush right out to the kitchen and start baking.