Chocolate hazelnut mascarpone torte layering a coffee-deepened chocolate butter cake with framboise-spiked mascarpone cream, fresh raspberries, and caramelized hazelnuts under a glossy chocolate ganache glaze.
Light, airy maple chiffon cake with brown sugar, walnuts, and a browned butter frosting. Eight whipped egg whites create the cloud-like texture in this classic tube pan cake.
Mince-meat cookies made with a tender cake flour dough rolled thin, filled with cooked mincemeat, and sandwiched together. A vintage holiday filled cookie that makes 36.
This delicious heirloom white cake can be used to make a delicious Boston Creme pie, iced with your favorite frosting as a layer cake, or baked in a 9x13 pan and served with lemon curd or another fruit filling!
Showstopping seven-layer chocolate cake with tender sponge layers and rich butter-chocolate frosting. A classic European-style torte that's all about thin layers and fudgy filling between each one.
Cold water chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, and a splash of cold water for an exceptionally tender, light crumb. A heritage two-layer cake recipe.
A three-layer Southern cake with grated sweet potatoes, warm spices, and chopped nuts, finished with a rich coconut frosting. The surprise? Nobody guesses it's sweet potato.
Ginger spice cake with molasses, buttermilk, and orange juice, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. A deeply flavored, moist single-layer cake with warm holiday aromas.
A layered Italian cassata cake with orange-ricotta filling, chocolate, candied citron, and vanilla frosting topped with pistachios. A Sicilian bakery classic you can make at home.
Lovelight chiffon cake, a tender cake-flour sheet cake leavened with stiff-peaked meringue and brightened with lemon extract. The featherlight 1950s church-supper classic, baked in a 9x13 pan.
Abby's Chocolate Cake: a classic two-layer chocolate cake with sour cream for tang, frosted in cooked fluffy white seven-minute frosting. Vintage American birthday-cake territory.
Diabetic devil's food cake, a reduced-sugar chocolate cake with bloomed cocoa, egg substitute, and added sweetener for rich chocolate flavor without the sugar overload.
James Beard's hands-on masterclass in a three-layer cake: beating butter by hand, folding egg whites like a soufflé, and mastering classic technique for a fluffy golden crumb with citrus filling.
A classic vanilla sponge cake that gets its lift from 10 whipped egg whites and cake flour with no butter or oil. Tall, airy, and springy with a delicate vanilla crumb.
Barbadians make Black Cake for weddings, birthdays and at Christimas time. Indeed, no Christmas holiday is felt to be complete without black Cake. People from many of the islands make a similar cake. This Black Cake derived from the British Plum Pudding which is a must on their Christmas menu.
Diabetic-friendly yellow cake made with sugar substitute, egg whites, and a fluffy seven-minute frosting. A lower-sugar birthday cake with tender crumb and pillowy frosted top.