Have you tried making cake pops yet? We love them, but we do think they tend to be on the kitschy side of cute. Here, though, are some inspiring ideas for cake pops sophisticated enough for a swanky c...
Easter is one time of year when I am seized with the desire to bake a pretty cake. I always feel that the Easter meal should be one of the most special of the year, and what's more special than a lovi...
When we were growing up, my sister and I always got Easter egg cakes on Easter. They came from a bakery and had our names across the tops in delicate icing script. I insisted on chocolate frosting, wh...
Are you the go-to person in your social circles when it comes to birthday cakes? If so, this alphanumeric cake pan might come in quite handy! The pan comes with blocks that can be re-arranged inside t...
We love to bake a good old-fashioned layer cake, and needless to say we love to eat one too. But the process of baking and decorating a large cake can be time-consuming, and frankly the week-long stru...
As winter finishes itself off, we often find ourselves with a few remnants of winter eating lingering in the back of the refrigerator: hardy, woody carrots, soft and wrinkled apples. We didn't want to...
If you've got a few spoonfuls of jam in your refrigerator, you can turn a plain yellow or chocolate cake into something special without altering the recipe one bit. We added a hint of raspberry flavor...
Cake balls, cake pops, cakesicles — have you tried them? They swept the internet like a tidal wave over the last year, thanks in part to the delightful and amazing creations of Bakerella and oth...
This is one of those supposedly simple steps that gets thrown at us in the middle of a recipe, often with little in the way of explanation. Sure, we understand what it means to line a pan with parchme...
Speaking of birthday cakes, I made one last weekend. This particular cake was for a friend's son, who was having his eighth birthday. My friend's son is madly into LEGOs, and when he saw a building bl...
Last week, we spotted something called a Nantucket Cranberry Pie over at the blog Cooking Books. It's a recipe from Laurie Colwin, and it involves so few ingredients and so little effort, we had to ma...
When it comes to birthday cake, we don't mess around. In our health-conscious times, there aren't many opportunities to whip out a five-layer old-fashioned cake, but we really feel that birthdays shou...
I just finished reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund and am now obsessed with the idea of Kentucky Jam Cake! In the book, the cake ends up becoming the way for the main character to keep ties wit...
OK, Eating Light month is safely over, so now we can get back to telling you about sugary desserts and chocolate decadence. All in moderation, of course. Take this Oreo Cake, for instance. You really ...
Look at these little flowers, so sunny and pretty! Turns out they are made out of dried fresh pineapple, which sounds so much more appealing than food dye Yellow No. 5, doesn't it? Read on to find out...
Here's just one more idea for weekend entertaining, Super Bowl parties, or homey indulgence. Cake bites! These are nowhere near the sheer amazingness of the cake pops that swept the internet recently ...
You may remember that I made the cakes last summer for my wedding. I was lucky enough to get to bake another wedding cake shortly after my own wedding -- this time for my little brother and his new wi...
One of our favorite easy ways to fill or frost a layered cake is a bittersweet whipped chocolate ganache. It's so easy and elegant, and very good. Here's how to make a whipped chocolate filling out of...
All right, it's that time of year. What showstopper new holiday cake pan will Williams-Sonoma, Nordicware, and and all the other purveyors of fine baking goods show us this year? Here's a gallery of W...
In our last open discussion thread, reader Erin asked if there was a way to adapt a recipe that used cake mix. Coincidentally, we had already adapted the example she cited - a cozy pumpkin crumb cake....
We recently linked to a gingerbread-pear cake in our daily Delicious Links, and lo and behold, we found ourselves with that very same cake in the oven a few nights later. We wanted, you see, to give y...
It's harvest time, which means apples, which means that we've already made our harvest apple traditional recipe once - and we'll make it again. What's this recipe? An outrageously amazing apple cake, ...
On the Delicious Links menu today: warm, cozy, easy comfort food. Tomatoes with rice, gingerbread cake baked with pears, sausage with lentils. Oh, and a really cool wine decanter. ...
Last week I showed you a few photos of my homemade wedding cakes, but neglected to give you the recipes! Here they are - two simple cakes suitable for any occasion, along with their trimmings and ice ...
Wedding cake - the sweetest part of a wedding meal. I knew from the very start that I wanted to bake my own wedding cake. It felt necessary somehow, and not so difficult - especially since we were dis...
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