In “Black Cake,” tradition runs deep. Just as black cake connected Covey and Pearl, it connects Benny and Eleanor. Covey’s earliest memories were of coming home to her mother and Pearl laughing, ...

Hulu’s “Black Cake” mixes together a murder mystery ... At the top of that, Covey’s a suspect, Bunny’s a suspect, Pearl’s a suspect, Lin is a suspect, Gibbs is a suspect,” showrunner ...

finds Covey’s maid Pearl Thomas (Faith Alabi) presenting her with Covey’s mother’s necklace as a consolation to baking the traditional black cake for a wedding in which Covey wants no part.

While he might be off the hook regarding who killed Clarence, as someone named Short Shirt is accused, Pearl is done ... that understands the hook of “Black Cake” is Covey’s story.

Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean ... stirring occasionally, until pearls are translucent around edges and have a white speck in the center ...

Premiering on Hulu beginning November 1st is the new series ‘Black Cake,’ which is based on the popular novel by author Charmaine Wilkerson and was created by Marissa Jo Cerar (‘The Handmaid ...

Mathilda names Covey after goddess of water and asks Pearl to be her godmother. Eleanor is nearing the end of her life battling her cancer and searches and finds her Black Cake recipe. She wants ...

Adapting an acclaimed novel that earned praise from, among others, Barack Obama, “Black Cake” serves up a sizable slice of period drama, deflated somewhat by the central character’s less ...

Based on Charmaine Wilkerson’s New York Times best-selling novel and adapted for television by Marissa Jo Cerar, “Black Cake” is an eight-episode odyssey stretching from Jamaica’s shores ...