When a “haunted” family home resurfaced online, it sparked the sweetest reunion—bringing a four-generation-old cake recipe back to life. “So your family lived in that haunted house?” my son asks while ...

Sometimes people confuse baking from scratch with baking without a recipe -- but even the best bakers often rely on trusty written formulations or intricate hacks to craft their treats. That is, with ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the baking pan of your choice with butter or baking spray until well-coated. For the cinnamon swirl Bundt cake, use a 10-cup bundt pan; for the layer cake, use two ...

If man could only have one pan, it would probably have to be an iron skillet. You can fry, bake, sear and roast with these workhorses of the kitchen. Baking, as in cornbread, is most often thought of ...

Author Aleksandra Crapanzano, who lived in Paris as a child, has written a charming new book on French confections. In "Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes," she tells the story of ...

Closeup of vanilla cake with fresh fruit on a plate - New Africa/Shutterstock Sometimes people confuse baking from scratch with baking without a recipe -- but even the best bakers often rely on trusty ...

“So your family lived in that haunted house?” my son asks while we bake a cake new to me, though it’s been in my family for at least four generations. "A long time ago,” I say. By the time I was born, ...