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This is a Patti LaBelle recipe, from her 2017 book, Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About. This is the second cake I ever made from scratch. I was 52.
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This is a Patti LaBelle recipe, from her 2017 book, Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About. This is the second cake I ever made from scratch. I was 52.