Dropping a cake sounds like a drastic move, but for certain kinds of dessert it's a good idea, but only if you know how to do ...

Chiffon cakes are, as the originator Harry Baker opined, “something cosmic.” A chiffon cake is in the family of aerated, egg-based foam cakes — like sponges and angel food cakes — all sky-high and ...

1. Position rack in lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. 2. Put the egg yolks and whole egg in the large bowl of an ...

A chiffon cake is a splendidly tall, wildly easy, oil-based cake. It is rich in flavor from egg yolks, yet wonderfully light in texture because of copious amounts of stiffly peaked whites. The cake is ...