Entertainment icon Dolly Parton has launched a new line of ‘Southern-inspired' desserts, manufactured by Duncan Hines, including cake mixes and frostings as an homage to some of Dolly's favorite family recipes.

"I have always loved to cook and, growing up in the South, I especially love that authentic Mom and Pop kind of cooking," said the 76-year old singer who's been nominated for 50 Grammys. "Baking was no different. My Mama, my grandmothers, and my aunts were all wonderful bakers."

"They taught me everything I know, from biscuits and gravy to chocolate cake."

Two of the new cake mixes due to arrive on grocery shelves in early March were based on her favorites, Coconut Cake and Banana Puddin' Cake, but she is careful to call the new products, "coconut- or banana-flavored".

They were available at the Duncan Hines website, but quickly sold out. You can check back or sign up to be alerted when they are in stock this spring.

If you want the real recipes, you will have to wait for a new Dolly Parton cookbook. Her 2006 recipe collection, entitled Dixie Fixin's, features over 100 recipes from her childhood, but it is out of print and hard to find (except on Amazon for $500).

The cake mixes and frostings will be priced around $2.00 each or kits will be available containing both for $5.49 per box. No ingredient labels have been published prior to the retail launch.

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