This recipe originally appeared on Food52. “Whenever it’s my birthday, I hope this is the cake,” my mom wrote in one version of this recipe that lives in my parents’ online cookbook, a site born in ...

You won’t find a better chocolate cake recipe than this one. You will be amazed at how good it is, and you will amaze those that you make it for. This is an updated tutorial of our most popular video ...

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.

Learn how to make the Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting for frosting cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. Recipe includes instructions ...

From major milestones to everyday wins, life is full of moments big and small that are worthy of celebrating — and a gorgeous layer cake is just the thing to commemorate the occasion. This collection ...

Cook’s notes: To bring cream cheese to room temperature, remove from refrigerator an hour before baking, OR unwrap and place in microwave safe bowl; microwave about 20 seconds on high power. 1. Place ...

To make cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 3 6-inch cake pans by greasing with butter, adding parchment paper circles to the bottom. Butter the papers and dust with flour, tapping out any excess. In ...

We are a nation up to our eyeballs in buttercream icing, ganache, fondant and the cakes that support them. Layer cakes. Cupcakes. Bundt cakes. It is a passionate love affair. Fantastically decorated ...

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 ...