The recipe for this six-ingredient cake was originally submitted by Janet Hunter of Broadway, North Carolina. Once it was ...

Q: My mother has been looking for a recipe that her mom used to make. It’s called Hot Milk Cake. She said that her mom probably started making it around the 1940s when she lived in Virginia. None of ...

Sometimes the best desserts are the simple ones — like a moist sponge cake with sweet, seasonal berries. Hot milk cake is a Depression-era dessert that was popular in the South and New England. It's a ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Even though I’m a professional baker, I tend ...

Note: This model butter cake recipe is perhaps the best you’ll ever eat--three sumptuous chocolate layers. Sylvia Thompson, who developed the recipe for her “The Birthday Cake Book” (Chronicle Books: ...

Having a pound cake around is always a great idea, but baking one this way upgrades the simple dessert so significantly that you'll want to grab a slice.

I am weird about desserts. I don’t really like ice cream and, while I can appreciate the artistry and discipline involved in super fancy desserts, my cravings are much more basic. My favorites are as ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s August, when berries, peaches, and plums are at their juicy peak. That means that fruity desserts ...