Neely-Dorsey: Southern Life Is Delicious

Here is an AMAZING OLD FASHION POUND CAKE recipe by friend Deborah Hunter of Jackson, Mississippi. This recipe is sure to stir up lots of sweet Reflections and Magnolia Memories!

Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pound Cake
• 2 stick butter soften
• 1/2 cups shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 5 eggs room temperature
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• less 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1-1/2 buttermilk

• Cream butter and shortening until light and creamy

• Add sugar one cup at a time

• Add eggs one at a time

• Add flour a spoonful at a time and mix well

• Add salt and baking powder

• Slowly blend in buttermilk

• Batter will have a rich texture

• Pour batter into a oiled and floured pancake pan

Place into a pre-heated oven to 350 for 1-1/2 hour. Your cake should appear a nice golden brown when finished. Turn off oven, cover the top of the cake with foil and let cake rest in oven until oven is completely cool. Remove and let the cake rest for 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and ENJOY THIS MISSISSIPPI GOODNESS!

When I first met Deborah , I could hardly believe that I had found someone who is as passionate about spreading MISSISSIPPI LOVE as I am! Everyone knows that my mantra is: “Always, Always Celebrating the South and Promoting a Positive Mississippi.” My books are my love letters to the South.

Deborah Hunter has a mission. Here is her statement: “The mission of Cooking with Honey and Friends is to create the greatest ‘love affair’ with the state of Mississippi that the world has ever seen. We are introducing our cookbook as a personal invitation to our table.

Visit the Cooking with Honey and Friends on Facebook. (It sounds SO much like me!) Here is an excerpt from the page:

“One afternoon as I was taking the drive home and feeling the warmth of the sun on my face looking across the landscape in all of it’s charming beauty. My heart was filled with so much gratitude that I could call Mississippi my home. I have so many great childhood memories walks along winding roads, fishing poles, the sweet smell of magnolias, sugar canes and friendly people. In that moment, I realized how the outside world’s view of this beautiful state of Mississippi is many times blurred because of limited or false ideas. Mississippi, like me, has grown up, in so many ways …and its beauty is undeniable. In an instant my heart was filled with the idea of inviting the whole world to my table to share with them the place I call home. Who could ever resist its great food, amazing entertainment and real Southern hospitality?

After all this is MISSISSIPPI.

Deliciously yours,
HONEY”

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Patricia Neely-Dorsey is the author of two books of poetry, Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia-A Life In Poems and My Magnolia Memories and Musings-In Poems. Through her poems, the author hopes to protect, preserve and promote the rich cultural history and heritage of her state and region along with providing more positive images than all of the negative images usually portrayed. Patricia lives in Tupelo with her husband James, son Henry and Miniature Schnauzer, Happy. The author has been named a Goodwill Ambassador for the state by Governor Phil Bryant. Her slogan is “Always, Always Celebrating the South and Promoting a Positive Mississippi ” Her website is www.patricianeelydorsey.com and her email is magnoliagirl21@yahoo.com.