Cakes

Layer cakes, sheet cakes, pound cakes, and Southern butter cakes made for sharing. Find caramel frostings, pecan toppings, cinnamon swirls, and simple bake-day notes so dessert looks bakery-worthy without pastry-school tools.

Cinnamon Rolls

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Pan of cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing

A soft yeast dough rolled with cinnamon sugar and finished with icing.

Carrot Cake

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Two-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and chopped pecans

Oil-based carrot layers with cream cheese frosting. Not hummingbird cake.

Coconut Layer Cake

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Tall coconut layer cake with white frosting and toasted coconut, one slice showing yellow layers

Soft white layers, coconut frosting, toasted coconut on the sides. The Southern layer cake.