Light and creamy, this layer cake recipe is bursting with lemon flavor. Brushing a lemon simple syrup on the airy cake adds ...

Whether you stack together two cake layers or six, bringing any one of these showstopping cakes to the table is an act of pure joy. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than ...

Recipes from "The Art & Soul of Baking" by Cindy Mushet. Note: All the parts of this cake can be made in advance. Heat oven to 375 degrees and position oven racks in the lower and upper thirds. Fit 2 ...

Holiday Mahogany Cake. This vintage cake is considered the original chocolate cake, and it's covered in a swirly coating of Ermine Frosting.

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch round layer cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and butter the paper. 2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and ...

SO rare and precious was chocolate centuries ago that the Aztec emperor Montezuma sipped it from a golden cup. Never would he have imagined that his elixir’s prized ingredient would become an everyday ...

Which came first? Easter or the egg? Did early Christians give up eggs for Lent, or did they simply run out? The ability to keep birds laying year-round is relatively recent. It seems likely that over ...

We’re still feeling a bit sleepy from Sunday’s time shift, but we know the extra hours of sunlight are so worth it. (Now excuse us while we go grab some more coffee.) But we also know a cure for ...