If you're stressed about the election, an all-day baking project that results in a cake with a rich flavor and an even richer backstory, might be just what you need right now. Election cake, a ...

Angel food cake has a texture and appearance (and even some necessary equipment) that's entirely its own. It's sweetness and light, in dessert form. Yet it remains something of a kitchen curiosity.

King cake takes its name from the Three Kings who journeyed to visit the infant Jesus on Epiphany. But, we’ll dive deeper ...

King cake is a traditional Mardi Gras dessert with a hidden plastic baby inside, representing baby Jesus, and whoever finds ...

If you’re having a hard time deciding how to treat yourself after waiting in long lines at the voting polls, perhaps Election Cake should be in your future. Election Cake used to be a tradition as ...

Nobody ever said anything about "eating humble cake." Pies, yes, of course, because they are the overalls of Southern pastry. But cake? Humble? Never. Not even when it's a simple, low-slung affair ...

Cakes have been used to celebrate ceremonies since ancient times, and their cutting and communal enjoyment marks a special moment in life or throughout the year. The most celebratory, is, perhaps, the ...

These fun facts about birthday cake history will come in handy the next time you make a birthday cake. Check out the slideshow above to learn more about the history of birthday cake. Former All-Pro ...

"The first American cake wasn't sweet, wasn't frosted, wasn't grand." So begins the fascinating, delightfully original "American Cake" (Rodale, $29.99), author Anne Byrn's can't-stop-reading history ...

It all comes down to this: Wealthy families ate cakes. Everyone else ate pies. We are talking here about Americans in the 1700s and 1800s. The ingredients needed to make cakes were expensive, and ...

Remember the delicious old-fashioned pound cakes your grandmother used to make? They were glorious with a thick, crunchy crust and a delicious, dense and moist interior. Minnie Lee Croley’s recipe for ...

Mardi Gras is arguably the biggest, flashiest party in the country. With its grand parades, colorful beads, elaborate masks, and booze-filled revelry, you probably think you have a pretty good idea of ...