The Pound Cake that led to a Marriage Proposal - No. 90

Vertamae, Mama Dip, Miss Edna, Mrs. Chase & Princess Pamela wrote their own rules in the kitchen, plus a poundcake recipe

Baking Vertamae’s Poundcake.

WHEN I PICK UP A COOKBOOK, I go straight to the cakes.

Cakes tell me a lot about a book and its author. And before Black History Month ends, I wanted to pay special attention to some African American cookbook authors and the topic of pound cake.

Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, Mildred “Mama Dip” Council, Edna Lewis, Leah Chase, and “…