In an interview with TODAY, DollyParton opened up about what she loves to cook and why she loves a good cry.
, which she says has already been flying off the shelves.
"It's a very Southern thing, first of all, and I’m a very Southern girl," she explained of the cake mix flavors, which include banana and coconut cake.. But when you have abanana pudding, it’s great. So we thought, 'Well, wouldn’t it be great to have a wonderful banana pudding cake?' And so that’s what we we did, and we just thought it was a perfect fit to my personality being you know, that I’m a Southern girl.
Already sold out online, the mixes and frostings — which come in creamy buttercream and chocolate buttercream — will be available in the baking section of grocery stores beginning March 2022. If you can't wait for that, you can also"It’s hard for me to follow directions of any kind really, but if you want to learn to bake, best to start with mixes and things that really you can’t make mistakes if you just follow the directions," said Parton.
Wrapping up our chat, I make sure to spend a few of the seconds I have with Parton to let her know how much someone as fearless as she is has inspired me over the course of my life. That she has shown me by example to be true to yourself no matter what — even if that means not following the directions on the box. This is when my tears begin to well up. But, of course, Parton had a Dolly-ism for that, too.
"I love . That's how you wash your soul clean, is crying," she responded."But thank you for loving me enough to cry over me."
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