Hummingbird Cake

Sometimes it's nice to choose a theme for a dinner party. It makes it easier to pick an appetizer, a side dish, an entree and a dessert. At last week's dinner party, the theme was The South (we had three Southerners in attendance) and I served up Rachel Wharton's Pimento Cheese as an appetizer, the fried chicken from yesterday's post, a homemade coleslaw on the side and then, for dessert, this here Hummingbird Cake.

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