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🌱 How Hartford helped shape Alabama’s official state cake tradition

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  • How Hartford helped shape Alabama’s official state cake tradition

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• This Cake Won A County Fair In The 1890s—Then Made It Into 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (southernliving.com) — Hartford gets a sweet shout-out as Alabama chef Scott Peacock recalls growing up with Lane Cake as his birthday tradition in town. The story traces how this rich, bourbon-laced dessert became a regional Christmas staple, won a county fair in the 1890s, and later earned a cameo in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and the title of Alabama’s official state cake.
   

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