How to make a Southern dessert so good you'll be dying to eat leftovers

Cooktop Cove: How to make a Southern dessert so good you'll be dying to eat leftovers

By Lindsay Mattison

Southern preacher cake is an easy-to-make dessert featuring nuts and pineapple, giving the cake a sweet flavor and moist texture. The story goes that this is named "preacher cake" because you would be able to make it quickly if your preacher told you he was going to stop by last minute, as most people usually have all of these ingredients.

Full recipe: Southern preacher cake

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