Sunday dinner, just before we sat down. Pot Roast from Magnolia Table Volume 2, cooked low and slow and falling apart the way you hope it will. Truffle Butter Rolls from Magnolia Table Volume 3, still warm, rich and buttery with that earthy truffle flavor that shows up just enough to feel special without taking over. Candles lit, the kitchen softer, slower, like it was telling us to sit down already. And a Coconut Cream Cake from Magnolia Table Volume 3 sitting off to the side, quietly waiting its turn. Dinner was good. Filling. Familiar. But the cake is what stuck with me. It was nice the first night. Soft, creamy, sweet in a gentle way. And then the next day it surprised me. Chilled from the fridge, the layers settled, the coconut flavor deeper. One bite and I was right back in childhood, eating those frozen coconut layer cakes from the store. I’m cooking my way through Magnolia Table Volumes 1, 2, and 3 and calling it the Jeanie Jo & Joanna Project. Pot roast, rolls, and cake were recipes 219-221 of 457. Gracefully yours, 🫶🏻 Jeanie Jo sundaydinner homecooked foodwriter kitchenstories magnoliatable LTKfoodie LTKHome