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Bakery

Burney’s Sweets & More in Elizabethtown

Long before big-city chefs began crossing croissants with doughnuts, a family bakery in southeastern North Carolina quietly perfected a regional icon.

by Katie Saintsing
Bakery

Stack ’Em Up: A Southern Signature Multilayer Cake

Eight, 10, 12 layers — or more! Sky-high cakes are a point of pride in the South. How’s it done? We’d never ask a baker to divulge her secrets. We just dig in.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Bakery

Stuck on Summer: Saltwater Taffy

Lazy beach days are never long enough. But for a taste of the season that lasts and lasts, saltwater taffy comes pretty close.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Bakery

Locopops in Durham

Locopops makes the frozen treats you remember from childhood — only better.

by Eleanor Spicer Rice
Central

Surry County’s Secret

Why is it called sonker? No one knows for sure. But when locals hanker for warm, juicy fruit baked into a sweet crust, they know just where to go.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Food

The Peppered Cupcake in Wilmington

With a swirl of her famous frosting and a dollop of pepper jelly, this self-taught baker dresses her cupcakes in style.

by Katie Schanze
Central

Bean to Bar: Black Mountain Chocolate

When Black Mountain Chocolate opened its “visible factory,” a former tobacco warehouse was transformed into a place of delicious discovery.

by Katie King
Eastern

The Flour Girls Café & Bakery in Elizabeth City

Sugar and spice bring new life to a historic building on the Pasquotank River.

by Katie Saintsing

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