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Describing five iconic cakes, Castle takes readers on a sweet trip from the mountains to the coast. Each tells a bit of the history of the region where it's prepared. They are the Dried Apple Stack Cake (Blue Ridge Mountains, Black Walnut Pound Cake with Old-Fashioned Penuche Frosting (Mountains and Foothills), Cheerwine Pound Cake (Piedmont), Muscadine Cake (Central NC, Sandhills, Coastal Plain, and Outer Banks), Fig Preserve Cake (Outer Banks).
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 9, Feb 2014, p124-128, il Periodical Website
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36574
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Church picnics on the grounds meant the occasion took place in its churchyard or cemetery. As for the day designated, sometimes it was Decoration Day, at other times a cemetery cleanup or homecoming. No matter the day or occasion, it always involved traditional Appalachian dishes, illustrated in the accompanying photo. The author noted recipes such as dried green beans cooked with fatback called “leather britches” and stack cake made with alternating layers of cake and dried fruit.