MADEAR’S OLD FASHION GOURMET TEACAKE MIX ON A MISSION TO HELP RESTORE THE TOWER OF HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS CHURCH Lura’s Kitchen, Inc. joins effort to save symbols of hope; the CCCF Bell
Tower overlooking LA. Los Angeles, CA, (June 8, 2023) – The Lura’s Kitchen Inc. California Benefit Corporation has a simple mission: It’s All In the Mix, You eat cookies. We help. Together, we empower the communities we serve…with the “Sweetness of Doing Good” one cookie at a time!
Since its start in April 2021, they have been making contributions to communities in a number of cities. Now Lura’s Kitchen is on a mission to help restore the Bell Tower at the historic Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship, Los Angeles. A portion of every mix and cookie of Madear’s Old Fashion Gourmet Premium dry Mix sold through the end of June 2023 will go towards the CCCF Tower project. Just in time for the Juneteenth Celebration, the Teacake Mixes can be ordered online at www.luraskitchen.com and the baked Teacakes can be purchased in person at the 2023 Leimert Park Village Juneteenth Festival Monday, June 19th, in Los Angeles, CA. About Lura’s Kitchen, Inc. – www.luraskitchen.com
As a child Lura shared her Mother’s love for cooking and serving the community. Witnessing the joys of using individual gifts and talents, Lura learned very early what a blessing a humble deed would bring; what a delight a favored dish could offer, to lighten and bring love and comfort to the worst of situations. So, it is no secret why her forty-year long baking ministry would transition into a multi-generational California Benefit Corporation. “We're not just making cookie dough. We're building a legacy!” states Founder Lura Danies-Ball. Lura's Kitchen is a multi-generation, minority, and woman-owned family business that provides a constant benefit to the communities that it serves, one cookie dough mix at a time.
With each batch of cookie mix sold, a portion of the proceeds provide support toward education, food inequity, and homelessness. We believe that when you treat your family well, you're not just building something for yourself—you're building something for everyone. “The Sweetness of Doing Good”, one cookie at a time donation program.
Lura’s Kitchen mixes offers Delicious Cookies in Minutes and delivers a premium gourmet cookie mix that goes from bowl to your mouth in 30 minutes or less. We promise no mess and no fuss. It’s All in the Mix! Our mixes include the ingredients you need – from scratch! Just add eggs and butter, stir, scoop and bake. That's it.
We make more than a sweet treat from original and traditional recipes, we make you feel good eating your fresh baked gourmet cookies, made from scratch, disguised as a mix easy to enjoy anytime the mood strikes for homemade love shaped like a cookie enough for yourself, or a large family, friends or community in varieties: Madear’s Old Fashion Teacake; Langston’s No-Nonsense Chocolate Chip; Tura Lura’s Chocolate Chip Pecan.
The History of the Teacake Named for Lura’s mother, Mary Lee Daniels, who was affectionately called “Madear,” Lura’s Kitchen ‘Madear’s Teacake Mix,’ is a simple but rare blend of rich decadent vanilla and fragrant nutmeg. Just like each of Lura’s mixes, three ingredients and ready to eat in thirty minutes or less. Just add eggs and butter.
Steeped in African American history and culture, teacakes in America date back over 200 years ago, prepared by slaves in the southeastern United States; Plantation cooks made Teacakes a specialty for guests of white plantation owners. Although plantation cooks created this “sweet cookie” served with tea, it was not “slave food” as slaves did not have access to white flour. However, cooks would hide cookies to slip to their families at their own risk as a matter of record. Over time, Teacakes have become inextricably linked to southern African American culture.
