Melissa Clark argues the secret is in a base layer of cake that’s delicious enough to eat on its own. By Melissa Clark Most crumb cakes are more about the crumbs than the cake. A thick, nubby topping ...

There are some straightforward things you can do to make a bakery-style cake from a boxed mix, all without having to add any ...

Tender, buttermilk-infused pound cakes are effortlessly impressive, while towering layer cakes laden with fruits, nuts, and ...

Dessert: In summer, we enjoy this small, sweet yellow fruit known as the mirabelle! Here, for dessert, we decided to make an ...

This is the first official installment of For Goodness Cake, a monthly cake column from pastry chef Joy Cho. Each month we’ll give you a recipe for cake that is not only relatively easy to make but ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Rising tiers of delicate genoise layered with ethereal French butter cream - imagine cirrus clouds caught between fine-crumb strata - make for glorious culinary architecture. A layer cake is a ...