I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER MAKING this lovely celebration cake each year for the holidays. As a girl I thought this was the most impressive and beautiful cake I had ever seen! After my grandmother passed away, the cake stopped appearing at our holiday gatherings. For years, I asked family members, especially some of the older aunts, if they had the recipe. I searched through old southern cookbooks. Last summer, because she knows my interest in heirloom recipes, Mama gave me a cookbooklet she...
