Posts in Southern Comfort
MAGNOLIA TEA CAKES
MAGNOLIA TEA CAKES

One of my friends told me that magnolia flowers are edible so I HAD to figure out what to make with them. I made some magnolia sugar and this is how I decided to use it. This Magnolia Tea Cake is my floral twist on the classic Black American tea cake. Instead of rolled out tea cakes, this is a drop tea cake recipe.

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Dessert, Brunch, Southern ComfortAdunni Ogunlanohbaking, baked, tea, cakes, tea cakes, teacakes, magnolia, magnolia sugar, honey, magnolia flower, magnolia petalsComment
CORN PUDDIN'
CORN PUDDIN'

This is my hyper fixation dish lately and I know I had it at one of my elder’s house when I was a child. I just can’t remember whose house it was. My aunt told me my maternal grandmother made it all the time but I never got to try hers. I either had it at one of my great aunt’s houses or my cousin’s grandmother’s house. So this recipe is a mash up of recipes to try and get at the taste and texture I remember in my head from childhood.

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Southern Comfort, Gullah Geechee, Classic Comfort, Soul FoodAdunni Ogunlanohsouthern food, southern, south, cornbread, corn, southern cornbread, soul food, corn pudding, corn puddin, fresh corn, sweet corn, creamed corn, canned cornComment
MOMMY'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
MOMMY'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Every year we go over the 8 copies of the recipe my mommy has scribbled down with no measurements and the one that keeps changing in my One Drive, so this year, we’re capturing it accurately once and for all…it is in fact 9 tablespoons of molasses and not 5!

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Southern Comfort, Soul FoodAdunni Ogunlanohrecipe, brown spice, cinnamon, candied yams, candied sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, soul food, southern food, southern, sweet potato casseroleComment