My inbox sees more questions about building beautiful cakes than nearly any other subject (okay, maybe it’s tied with pie dough queries of all sorts). Layer cakes are daunting: They’ve got that whole ...

A great chocolate cake goes like this: Start with a layer of devil’s food cake, nearly obsidian dark from Valrhona cocoa powder. Then add a thick strata of buttercream, another of chocolate crémeux, ...

These cake recipes are our most popular for good reason. They are the ones our readers make again and again, for birthdays, ...

This image showcases two beautifully crafted chocolate creations. On the left is a tall layer cake decorated with alternating swirls of milk chocolate and white chocolate, creating a textured, ...

Compared to a tall layer cake, frosted to the nth degree, Thomas Goddard’s Ginger-Brandy Tea Cake looks rather plain. But “this is the one that people ask for,” says Goddard, who serves the cake at ...