Sometimes, you don't have time to make a birthday cake. Or maybe it's just a random Tuesday, and baking an entire cake just for yourself seems a little excessive (not that we'd ever think that). But ...

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One of the best dessert phenomena of the 2010s is that birthday cake is finally getting its long-overdue time in the flavor spotlight. Birthday cake is the superior flavor of cake. It combines ...

In my life as a pastry chef, I’ve always held fast to the belief that there are certain flavors -- specifically coffee, lemon and chocolate -- that are best taken to the extreme. If I create a coffee ...

Yellow cake with chocolate frosting is an iconic birthday cake combination, but it took me a long time to find the perfect recipe for the rich and fudgy chocolate frosting. My go-to recipe is ...

3:00 a.m. — Alarm rings and it's time to start a new day. My husband Joe and son Benjamin, 20, get ready for work. They refuel both coal stoves for the day while I pack their lunches and make grilled ...

Fudge ribbon cake with the ribbon of cream cheesy filling as visible as it is delicious. Note that the chocolate frosting visually nearly blends into the cake, but it does provide another texture and ...

Cake box mixes aren't guaranteed to turn out perfect, even if you have the in on the best baking tips to make your boxed cake mix taste homemade. Some bakers tend towards cake box mixes because they ...

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