Cakes
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Articles on Cakes
How To
Easy Icebox Cake Is a Perfect No-Bake Summer Dessert
Icebox cake is one of the easiest no-bake summer desserts around. Just layer cookies and whipped cream...
Food News
Bebinca Is the Creamy Coconut Pudding Cake You’re Sure to Love (Because Science)
Nik Sharma, the founder of the blog A Brown Table and columnist at SF Chronicle, never expected that...
Food News
The 7 Best Baking Ingredients to Buy from the Grocery Store, According to Pastry Chefs
When it comes to the best baking ingredients, they're not necessarily expensive or hard to find—or...
Recipe Round-Ups
15 Amazing Air Fryer Recipes You Did Not See Coming
You expect the almighty air fryer to turn out crisp fried chicken, crunchy french fries, and other...
Food News
This Blueberry Streusel Skillet Cake Is Breakfast and Dessert, Wrapped into One
Gaby Dalkin, the It girl chef and writer behind What’s Gaby Cooking who boasts over half a million...
What's the Difference
What Really Separates Banana Bread from Banana Cake?
Banana breads and banana cakes are easy, moist, sweet solutions for making use of those three or four...
Explainers
Do You Really Need to Use Cake Flour for Baking?
Do you really need to use cake flour for cakes (and other sweet baked goods)? People come down on...
What's the Difference
Can You Use Cake Flour and AP Flour Interchangeably?
What is the difference between cake flour and flour, and can you use one in place of the other? It...
Recipe Round-Ups
12 Carrot Cake Recipes That Make It Fun to Eat Your Vegetables
Carrot cake is the only cake I know that can boast a full pound of vegetables contained within the...
Videos on Cakes
Cakes Recipes
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Cardamom Cake with Mulled Wine Jam
This cardamom cake is a rich, fruity dessert full of warmly spiced holiday flavors that's easy to...
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Easy Caramel Sauce
It’s so easy, why not make your own.
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Milk and Honey Cake
This easy but delicious milk and honey cake will make a scrumptious and simple dessert with a layer...
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Pavlova with Lemon Curd and Fresh Berries
This pavlova recipe, a meringue cake with a crunchy exterior and marshmallow-like interior, is topped...
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Vanilla 4th of July Flag Cake
This impressive insta-worthy 4th of July Flag Cake is surprisingly easy to make and will be sure to...
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Classic Strawberry Shortcake
A classic strawberry shortcake recipe made with homemade biscuits, sweetened strawberries, and whipped...
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Modernist Cuisine's Individual Microwave Yellow Cakes
A recipe for a fluffy, impressive dessert from boxed cake mix, made in the microwave in about a minute...
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Flourless Coconut and Chocolate Cake
This Flourless Coconut and Chocolate Cake from Ottolenghi is gluten free, but rich and buttery enough...