Some cakes are an architectural feast for the eyes, precisely constructed and splendidly decorated in eatable bling for a wedding, birthday or other special occasion. Others are more like grandma's ...

Last week I mentioned a cake that a friend of one of my sisters had told her about enjoying so much. I described it as a cake made from a German chocolate cake mix with a can of coconut-pecan frosting ...

Instructions: Arrange two oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scatter the pecans on a small rimmed baking sheet and bake on the lower rack, shaking ...

Splatters on a page of a well-used cookbook are forensic evidence of kitchen escapades. A crime against spotless pages could have been committed by the cook with a spatula. Or, a youngster learning to ...