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Beyond Grits and Gravy includes more than 400 Southern recipes hand-selected by editors Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley from a database of more than 17,000 recipes from their acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series. McKee and Moseley, who together have edited 65 cookbooks, also included some of their own never-before-published recipes, along with personal photographs and stories that paint a colorful picture of the South.

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Beyond Grits and Gravy: The South's All-Time Favorite Recipes

Authors: Gwen McKee, Barbara Moseley

Date: February 2004

ISBN: 1893062473

Publisher: Quail Ridge Press

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Rumor has it this cake was made for Elvis by his personal cook, Mary Jenkins. Elvis Aaron Presley was born in a small two- room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, at 4:35 am. on January 8, 1935, during the Great Depression. Times were especially hard in the rural South where the average annual salary was $1,368 and unemployment was over 25%. Milk was 14 a quart and bread 9 cents a loaf. Despite his humble beginnings, Elvis moved on to great stardom as the King of Rock and Roll.

• CAKE:

• 1 (18 1/4-ounce) box yellow cake mix

• 1 (3-ounce) box vanilla pudding (not instant)

• 4 eggs

• 1/2 cup oil

• 1 cup milk

• 1 (16-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained

• 1 cup sugar

1. Mix cake mix, pudding, eggs, oil, and milk. Beat until smooth.

2. Bake in greased 9x13-inch pan in 350F preheated oven for 45-60 minutes (or until center springs back).

3. While cake is baking, boil pineapple and sugar on top of stove until sugar has melted.

4. While cake is still hot, punch holes in cake and pour hot pineapple over cake. Let cool. (More pineapple may be added, if desired.)

FROSTING:

• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

• 1 stick butter or margarine, softened

• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar

• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

1. Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.

2. Add confectioners’ sugar gradually and beat until creamy. Add pecans, if desired, and mix well. Frost cake.

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