A Well-Read Tart

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Tag: Pound Cake

Peach Cobbler Pound Cake (Recipe Inspired by GLORY ROAD)

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
One of the reasons I love Southern fiction is that it relies heavily on food to tell its story. A good meal acts as a bonding ritual between friends and family, and a delectable dessert is enough to make you forget the worries of the day, at least temporarily. This book-inspired recipe blogger was thrilled to find that Glory Road contained more than enough mouth-watering inspiration. The peach cobbler that main character Gus bakes up is known as...

Man Catcher Cake (Inspired by THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO)

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
This book-inspired recipe was kind of a no-brainer. Evelyn Hugo has seven husbands. Clearly, this woman is a knock-out and needs no help catching a man -- or a woman, for that matter. So, I figured it was only fitting that I should pair my review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo with the Man Catcher Cake. Full disclosure: This is by no means an original CJ recipe. I’ve been making this cake for years after first discovering it in All Cakes...