Let’s all be honest: When we reach for a slice of cake, we’re in it for the frosting more than anything else. There’s nothing that can transform a cake from just OK to practically heavenly like a ...

This Chocolate Caramel Cake Recipe is everything you want in a homemade dessert: rich, moist, and surprisingly easy to make. With deep chocolate flavor in every bite and layers of smooth caramel ...

Note: This model butter cake recipe is perhaps the best you’ll ever eat--three sumptuous chocolate layers. Sylvia Thompson, who developed the recipe for her “The Birthday Cake Book” (Chronicle Books: ...

Preheat your oven to 180°C and grease a 23cm round cake tin. In a large bowl, sift together 250g plain flour, 250g sugar, 65g ...

Chocolate lovers, rejoice! There’s no better way to celebrate International Chocolate Cake Day on January 27 than by ...

Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans, and line them with parchment paper circles. Place the stout and butter in a large, heavy saucepan, and heat until the butter melts.

Maybe because she’s too busy partying in her Manolo Blahnik shoes, punk princess Marie Antoinette, as conceived by filmmaker Sofia Coppola, never offers cake to the angry rabble. But she does put away ...

Valentine’s Day is one of those days where little efforts matter a lot. And nothing says “I made this for you” better than a ...

Some people show up and instantly light up the room. Others make you pause and appreciate the details. Then, there are those ...

This perfectly moist and decadent chocolate cake has an intense chocolate flavor thanks to the addition of unsweetened chocolate. Marcia Kiesel, a former Food & Wine test kitchen supervisor, is an ...