Christy’s Crock Pot Chili
Sun, 10/12/08 – 9:03 PM | 21 Comments

Any southerner worth their salt has a great chili recipe, preferably a signature one. This is why I set out several years back trying out this one and that, tweaking and adding until I came …

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Daddy’s Coconut Cake
Monday, 22 Dec, 2008 – 9:19 | 11 Comments
Daddy’s Coconut Cake

This is my Dad’s favorite cake at Christmas time and its just divine beyond compare. Another great refrigerator cake, it can be made three days ahead of time and then left to sit in the …

Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing (And why you are a good Mama if your cake is ugly)
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 15:20 | 20 Comments
Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing (And why you are a good Mama if your cake is ugly)

I try to teach optimism to my kids. I’ve always felt that teaching children the benefits of a positive attitude is a vital lesson which will benefit them the rest of their lives. I tell …

Mama Reed’s Southern Tea Cakes
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 22:09 | 23 Comments
Mama Reed’s Southern Tea Cakes

If you’ve never had a southern tea cake, they are rather difficult to describe. I can assure you though, despite appearances, it is nothing like a cookie. This tender little cake is soft and pillowy, …

Better Than “Have You Lost Weight?” Cake
Monday, 22 Sep, 2008 – 14:36 | 82 Comments
Better Than “Have You Lost Weight?” Cake

My mother has always called this Better Than Robert Redford cake. No disrespect to Mr. Redford, but in 2008, I feel its time for a new name. I have often heard it referred to as …

Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake
Sunday, 14 Sep, 2008 – 4:00 | 18 Comments
Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake

You may recognize this as a “trifle” but here in the south, we call them “punch bowl cakes”. Any southern lady worth her weight in salt has at least one pretty glass punch bowl, usually …

Guest Blogger and Crock Pot Salisbury Steak!
Sunday, 7 Sep, 2008 – 1:28 | 22 Comments
Guest Blogger and Crock Pot Salisbury Steak!

Hello Everyone! My name is Tina, and I am so excited to be a Guest Blogger at Southern Plate. First off I want to say thank you to Christy for extending me this wonderful invitation …

Apple Week Finale: Apple Skillet Cake
Saturday, 6 Sep, 2008 – 0:49 | 12 Comments
Apple Week Finale: Apple Skillet Cake

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week as much as I have. Be sure to check out the other great apple recipes I have posted. My final recipe (but by no means the last one in …

Apple Week Recipe #4 Apple Orchard Snack Cake
Wednesday, 3 Sep, 2008 – 21:31 | 15 Comments
Apple Week Recipe #4 Apple Orchard Snack Cake

We have a tradition each year which has held since I was old enough to remember. My entire family piles in the car and we drive to Toney, Alabama to pay a visit to Scott’s …

Apple Week Begins! Today’s Recipe: APPLE DAPPLE CAKE!
Monday, 1 Sep, 2008 – 1:00 | 32 Comments
Apple Week Begins! Today’s Recipe: APPLE DAPPLE CAKE!

Don’t you just love the taste of brown sugar? I mean, all on its own, I just love brown sugar. Whenever I am baking with it, I can’t help but to get a pinch out …

Coca Cola Cake ~Oh So Good!~
Friday, 29 Aug, 2008 – 1:36 | 37 Comments
Coca Cola Cake ~Oh So Good!~

If you’re familiar with Coca Cola cake, just seeing the title had you scrolling down to make sure you had the ingredients to make it today. If you’re not familiar with Coca Cola cake, allow …

♥ Mandarin Orange Cake ♥
Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2008 – 22:53 | 16 Comments
♥ Mandarin Orange Cake ♥

You know how its a good thing children are so cute at times because it keeps you from killing them in their developing years? There are times when a parent needs a little insurance as …

Butterfinger Cake A.K.A. The Cake That Will Spark A Stampede To Your Door
Sunday, 17 Aug, 2008 – 11:57 | 29 Comments
Butterfinger Cake A.K.A. The Cake That Will Spark A Stampede To Your Door

Warning: I think I hit more tangents than usual in this post. Recipe is at the bottom if you wanna skip through the interesting tidbits about my family, negative people, my dish envy, …

♫ Elvis Presley Cake ♫
Saturday, 16 Aug, 2008 – 17:31 | 15 Comments
♫ Elvis Presley Cake ♫

This post is dedicated to Su, one of my readers from Australia. Su and her mother are coming to the South US this fall just to go visit Graceland! Her mother is a huge Elvis …

Old Favorite: Fruit Cocktail Cake
Saturday, 2 Aug, 2008 – 5:36 | 12 Comments
Old Favorite: Fruit Cocktail Cake

I love and adore this cake. This is another one of those long ago recipes that we’ve been making in my family for as long as I can remember. Having not had it in ages, …

Yellow Cake with Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Icing
Monday, 14 Jul, 2008 – 15:06 | 21 Comments
Yellow Cake with Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Icing

Today, we’re going to do a quick and easy recipe with a big old root system behind it. The cake we’re going to use is just a boxed mix because, well it’s not the cake …

Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze
Wednesday, 2 Jul, 2008 – 15:52 | 17 Comments
Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze

I have gotten a lot of requests for recipes in the past, but this is the one cake that I am asked to make most often. Its just a good old fashioned chocolate pound cake …