This hot, spicy mustard can be found in some supermarkets or gourmet shops. A. Lane Cake is traditionally a white or yellow cake with a mixture of coconut, nuts, and dried fruit between its layers and covered with a fluffy white frosting. This cake is named for its creator, Emma Rylander Lane, of Clayton, Alabama, who won a prize for it in the state fair. It's used by some people to prepare meat. Gourmet cooks often prefer its texture and flavor.
Sea salt is a product of the evaporation of sea water.
It is available in fine-grained or larger crystals. In 1977 Mrs. L. H. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina, submitted the recipe for Hummingbird Cake and it was tested in our Test Kitchens. My drugstore no longer carries them. Sweet Celebrations lists them in their mail-order catalog. If vanilla beans are not available in the spice area of your grocery store, you can mail order them from the following sources.