Ninety years ago, a bakery in Hendersonville created a delicious Christmas tradition. Today, the line of customers waiting for a box of fresh gingerbread men runs out the door and down the block.
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.
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.
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.
Locopops in Durham
Locopops makes the frozen treats you remember from childhood — only better.
Meet the Maker: Buttermilk Boutique
Tie Whittaker’s sweet tooth runs in the family, and for five years, she’s used it to bring the down-home, Southern flavors of her childhood to her pastry company, Buttermilk Boutique.
Cakes Become Edible Sculptures at One Belle Bakery in Wilmington
Here, where the science of baking rises to an art form, cakes become extraordinary sculptures worthy of the weddings, showers, and birthdays they’re made to celebrate.
