Most bakers use the type of jam or preserve that is most plentiful in that place. So it stands to reason that along the Outer Banks, that is going to be fig preserves.
Muscadine Wine Cake
Smart bakers also pour a little fruit of the vine into the popular muscadine cake.
Cheerwine Pound Cake
Cheerwine pound cake might sound like a novelty, but it is a seriously good and proper pound cake, worthy of a place on a cake stand.
Black Walnut Pound Cake with Old-Fashioned Penuche Frosting
Try this classic brown-sugar pound cake studded with the delicious nuts and crowned with a veneer of old-fashioned penuche frosting.
Appalachian Apple Stack Cake
For generations, families and communities have come together around this traditional Mountain dessert.
Tar Heel Pie Recipe
Cure your sweet tooth craving with this Tar Heel Pie recipe from Nancie McDermott's Southern Pies: A Gracious Plenty of Pie Recipes, from Lemon Chess to Chocolate Pecan.
Perfect Tar Heel Pound Cake
For a quintessential North Carolina dessert, try this classic pound cake.
Neese’s Sausage Meat Loaf
This delicious recipe was originally featured in a Neese's 1976 cookbook.
Hot Swiss Bacon Dip
This savory dip will be a hit at your next get-together.
