To make Giada’s berry and citrus layer cake: Combine the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, cream together room temp butter and sugar, then add sour cream. Once that’s fully combined, add eggs one at a ...

A few years before the iconic Swedish bakery Fabrique opened its New York outpost in 2019, I had my first cardamom bun (and first experience with its namesake spice) in one of Fabrique’s Stockholm ...

A reader from Middleville loved the white chocolate raspberry cream cake recipe that ran in Cooking with Kathy Jan. 17, 2007, and was desperate to find it. Kathy Carrier received this recipe from ...

This is a story about cake. But it’s also a story about giving in without giving up, of lofty ideas and the pesky reality that intervenes, and eggs—lots and lots of eggs. For our spring Travel Issue, ...

Spongecake doesn’t typically fall high on people’s list of favorite desserts. Its name doesn’t stir the heart, and so often it’s dry and tasteless. But, when properly made, spongecake is tender and ...

In her new cookbook, “Every Day Is Saturday,” Sarah Copeland’s goal is to bring a weekend-cook mentality to weekday meals. Copeland, former food editor for Real Simple magazine and a nutrition ...

A cookbook can change your life. Two years ago I reviewed one called “Southern Cakes,” which did just that. Like most people, I’d always thought making a cake from scratch was only for the heroic. In ...

Let's talk about butter, because it is a pretty key component in this simple, but oh-so-satisfying cake. Ingredients matter. When I'm going through the trouble of cooking for my family and friends, I ...

The 3-ingredient raspberry cream cheese frosting might just be my favorite cake topping of all time. Growing up, my ideal birthday cake knew no season. Funfetti cake (from the boxed mix, naturally) or ...