Cake
Toasted Marshmallow Cupcakes
This British recipe calls for “digestive biscuits,” but graham crackers will work just as well to infuse chocolate-filled vanilla cupcakes and toasted ‘mallow topping with that classic campfire flavor.
How to Make a Surprise Cake Your Guests Will Never Forget
This easy-to-make cake is the best party trick ever
My Favorite Vanilla Cupcakes
To make these cakes, I use the reverse creaming method, as opposed to the more common creaming method. Instead of beating air into the sugar and butter, adding the eggs then stirring in the dry ingredients, the reverse creaming method requires the butter to be rubbed into the dry ingredients, followed by milk and eggs. As well as being simpler, with fewer stages, I think this method produces a better textured, more even sponge. When you rub the butter into the flour and sugar, the flour particles get coated in fat, which minimizes gluten formation in the cake. Gluten is the essential component in bread, but in cakes too much can produce a tough and chewy sponge.
How to Make Cheesecake, Step by Step
Every home cook should know how to make this creamiest, dreamiest of desserts.
Stop Getting Mad at Me for Using the Word "Moist"
Because I'm not going to stop, no matter what people say.
16 Briticisms from The Great British Baking Show, Defined
Bring on the puds and baps—hold the soggy bottoms.
Chocolate and Passionfruit Layer Cake
Chocolate cake is a beautiful thing on its own, but adding a thick layer of sharp passionfruit curd undercuts the heavy richness and balances the sweetness—which dangerously means that one slice is no longer enough…
This Ombré Ruffle Cake Is Easier to Make Than You Think
Here's how to wow your friends and win the birthday cake game.
How to Frost a Layer Cake Like a Pro
Uneven layers and messy frosting be gone. It’s easier to whip up a professional-looking layer cake than you think.
Watermelon Cake Is the Worst Part of Summer
We want to go into hibernation until this stops.
Strawberry Shortcake with Thyme
This summery, thyme-scented layer cake is easier to pull off than it looks. The genoise-style sponge is made with melted butter for a tender, flavorful base, and sour cream adds brightness to the whipped-cream filling.
The Best "Healthy" Boxed Cake Mixes
We tried six boxed cake mixes that claim to be healthier than the average store-bought options. Here are our favorites.
Malted Milk Piñata Cake
This is a really fun cake which goes down well with children and adults alike.
My Favorite Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake absolutely has to be two things: dark and moist. To make sure it is sticky and dense I use buttermilk. Adding coffee to chocolate cakes really brings out the flavor in the cocoa.
15 Desserts With a Graham Cracker Crust
Whether homemade or store-bought, a simple graham-cracker crust is a nutty and sweet base for many creamy desserts.
Pound Cake With Blueberries and Lavender Syrup
We used dried lavender in this syrup because it gives the syrup a lovely pale hue. Fresh lavender won't lend the same color, but it does give the syrup a more powerful floral flavor.
How to Make Pound Cake Without a Recipe
All you need is a kitchen scale, a simple ratio, and the willingness to let go of tyrannical recipes (for at least an hour or two).
Raspberry and Coconut Breakfast Loaf
Breakfast loaves are so great for grabbing on-the-go, and this deliciously sweet loaf is a firm favourite of mine in the morning. ‘Bread’ just got very interesting!
Easter Egg Cake with Strawberry Frosting
This cake tastes like a strawberry malted milkshake. The white chocolate nest? That just makes it irresistible.
3 Reasons You Should Be Putting Coconut in Your Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is delicious. Coconut cake is delicious. Carrot-coconut cake is even better.