THE CAKE RECIPE from the back of the Queen Guinevere Cake Flour bag has become my go-to recipe for party cakes of all sorts. At some point, I started wondering just where that anonymous recipe came ...

This plain, buttery cake, full of berries, is my top pick for snacking on a summer afternoon. Because the berries in the batter tend to sink to the bottom when the cake bakes, scatter more berries on ...

I’ve always called this a pound cake. According to my mother’s recipe notes, though, it was my Aunt Mildred’s “plain cake.” Maybe she used that name because she never glazed or frosted it—just served ...

Use this recipe, or any other cake recipe — even a boxed mix will do. What makes this cake exciting is the surprise element, ...

One of the best gifts to bakers of all stripes must be the classic bundt pan, for in it a batter bakes into easily sliced sections and looks as good with a finishing top coat of glaze or icing as it ...

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 ...