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This recipe came from the Pillsbury Family Cookbook. It has been a wedding cake for several family members and friends. It is moist, tender and decadent and oh so tasty. Mom 1 1/4 cups butter 2 cups chopped pecans 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar 4Continue reading “Butter Pecan Cake”

I couldn’t find a yellow cake that made everyone happy. So during Covid isolation, I turned to my baking show friends and asked for their favorite yellow cake recipes and did a taste test. This is the cake that was unanimously voted the best by the D. Spencer family and the Pantazis family. It isContinue reading “Yellow Birthday Cake with Chocolate Icing”