The Coconut cake in the South of the United States
Coconut cake is a popular dessert in the Southern region of the United States. It is a cake frosted with a white frosting and covered in coconut flake… Read the rest
Tennessee and Banana pudding
Banana pudding is a dessert generally consisting of layers of sweet vanilla flavored custard, cookies (usually Vanilla Wafers or ladyfingers) and slic… Read the rest
Kentucky: Bread pudding
Bread pudding is served as a dessert and can be made a variety of ways and from many recipes, the origin of which may depend on the country or region… Read the rest
Gooey butter cake
Gooey butter cake (occasionally called "chess cake") is a type of cake traditionally made in the American Midwest city of St. Louis. Gooey b… Read the rest
Delaware and the Strawberries
Delaware designated strawberries as the official state fruit in 2010. Strawberries are an important part of Delaware’s agricultural industry. So… Read the rest
SMITH ISLAND CAKES
Smith Island is a tiny community of a few hundred people on the Chesapeake Bay. When they’re not catching soft-shell crabs, Smith Islanders spend thei… Read the rest
Virginia and the Shoofly pie
Shoofly pie is a colorful name for molasses pie. It seems to have been invented, like so many other desserts, by the Pennsylvania Dutch, but molasses… Read the rest
Washington, D.C. CUPCAKES
Washington, D.C. CUPCAKES
Virginia | Chess pie
Chess pie (the name is possibly a corruption of “chest pie” or “cheese pie”) is filled with a custard containing eggs, butter, flour, sugar, and usual… Read the rest
Boston cream pie
A Boston cream pie is a yellow butter cake that is filled with custard or cream and topped with chocolate glaze.
The dessert acquired its name when… Read the rest