LITTLE ROCK — Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Nancy Kendall answered Linda Keever’s call for Ambrosia Cake like the beloved, but long-closed ...

I’ve long been a fan of shaggy white coconut layer cakes, filled and frosted with ultra-sweet meringue. But it was only recently that I encountered their more flamboyant cousin, the ambrosia cake.

One of my favourite things to do is to talk on the topic of food with my granny. Learning to cook armed only with cookbooks and a passion for art, with eight hungry mouths to feed and very little ...