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 ...

Light and creamy, this layer cake recipe is bursting with lemon flavor. Brushing a lemon simple syrup on the airy cake adds ...

“Tastes like something my grandmother would make for special occasions.” ...

Layer cakes are the perfect cake for an elegant celebration. Layer cakes are not as complicated as they seem. Even if you are at a beginner level baker, you can easily make a 2 or 3 tired cake easily.

Strawberry cake, a Southern staple, is full of meaning. By Lisa Donovan Lisa Donovan is a food columnist for The New York Times Magazine. An award-winning writer and pastry chef, she has worked with ...

Classic cakes for every Southern occasion. With pecan-studded tops, coconut-packed layers, and decadent chocolate frosting, these cakes are ones to master.

It’s always a challenge to develop a recipe that doesn’t have a clear-cut history. Everyone has “their version,” and wouldn’t think of making it any other way. Seven-layer cake is such a recipe! The ...

The team at Milk Street's My Family Recipe and baker Cheryl Day prepare Coconut Layer Cake on Season One, Episode Two ("Grandma Margaret's Coconut Cake.") Growing up in Los Angeles, Karen Clay lived ...

Our fraisier cake is as French as it gets. Expect genoise sponge, from-scratch creme mousseline, and 2 pounds of in-season strawberries.