As a result, tea cakes have become an integral part of African-American food culture. Elbert Mackey even wrote a whole book dedicated to tea cake stories and recipes called The Tea Cake Roundup. His ...
Ben Mims vividly recalls the first cookie he learned to make growing up in Mississippi: a tea cake. Soft, cakey and fragrant with almond extract, “they were my perfect after-school snack.” His cookie ...