Von Anthony Salon Staff Share Their Favorite Family Recipes

Angela Fayard at Von Anthony Salon shares this about her Thanksgiving meal:

"My Dad is such a Awesome Cook who is assisted by my Mom! He has kept family recipes alive from past generations. For Thanksgiving we are blessed with: Chicken and Oyster Gumbo made with a dark rue, Turkey, a Broccoli rice casserole and my favorite – a Baked Sweet Potato and Apples dish topped with melted marshmallows."

Angela shares this family favorite recipe:

Dessert: Layer Cake

Two options for the iced layers – Cherry Pecan or Cherry Coconut

Start with yellow cake mix - use 2, 8” pans follow box directions

Cut each cake in half, this will give you 4 layers.

Icing:

2 cups sugar

1 cup milk

2 cups chopped pecans

Or

2 cups shredded coconut

20 large marshmallow

12 chopped maraschino cherries

1 tsp Vanilla

Build:

Heat sugar and milk in sauce pan over medium heat until it forms a soft ball (you will stir consistently during this process)

test for completion by drizzling the sugar milk mixture into a glass of room temp water, you want it to form a ball not a puddle on the floor of the glass.

Remove from heat and add marshmallows, stirring until melted.

Stir in vanilla, pecans or coconut and cherries

Time to ice the cake: work quickly the icing will set fast.

Spread the icing over each layer stacking as you go.

Ice the top, I suggest not icing the sides this is a very rich desert.

Let cake rest at least an hour before serving. Serve as thin slices VERY RICH!

Love It!!!