Read about Nancy’s husband, Gibert E. Futrell, one of the molasses men of Davidson County, and his sweet sorghum molasses.
Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 (small) box vanilla instant pudding
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup Crisco oil
4 eggs
3 tablespoons molasses
Filling:
1 cup sugar
½ cup pineapple juice
1 stick margarine
2 tablespoons molasses
Note: Orange juice may be used instead of pineapple.
To make the cake: Preheat oven to 325. Mix all ingredients together and pour into greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes. When cake is almost done, prepare the filling.
To make the filling: Bring to a boil for 3 minutes. When cake comes out of the oven, pour liquid over while still hot and let sit for 30 minutes before removing the cake from pan and transferring to cake plate.
print it
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
