Brown butter adds an extra layer of nutty flavor to this rich cake, which has a shortbread-like crust. Our version of gooey butter cake includes a hint of salt in the shortbread-like crust to balance ...

Sometimes you need a break from the craziness of this modern age, which is why we're celebrating nostalgic foods this week at BonAppetit.com. But Rick dove deep. Who’s the inventor of this thing and ...

We meet again, honey cake. Yes, in the past it has felt a little like honey cake was my nemesis. The last time I wrote about this somewhat divisive Rosh Hashanah dessert, I handed off a fall-spun ...

Legend has it that gooey butter cake was created by accident, at some unspecified moment in the first half of the 20th century in St. Louis, in an unnamed bakery, with an unclear set of ingredients. A ...

MOIST and soft, old-fashioned butter cake can do no wrong, judging from the number of people who love its taste. Simple and easy to make, the quintessential American butter cake recipe has travelled ...

Passing recipes down from generation to generation is an important tradition in most families. My family has several such recipes that I can recall, including Dad's teriyaki sauce, my grandfather's ...

If your cakes consistently turn out dry and crumbly, it might be time to make a change to your ingredient list. Use an additional ingredient with butter.