I'm a former pastry cook, and I think cake mixes are a great low-effort but delicious dessert. To amp up a boxed mix and make it taste homemade, I'd add sprinkles, extra eggs, or extracts. You can ...

It's the day to bake an Oatmeal Cake, dear cooks. And, as usual, our readers have supplied variations of the recipe, so there's a choice to make. Among those responding: -- M.L.M. of Aledowrites: ''I ...

I have a confession to make. For years I have been making a chocolate cake that everybody raves over. Once I took it to a committee meeting and one of the committee members said it was absolutely the ...

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"In approximately 1995, The Leader published a recipe for Chocolate Wellington Cake, which was wonderful and wonderfully easy! "It was a dark chocolate layer cake with white chocolate icing. Both cake ...

Every home (or professional) baker remembers their first creation and the sense of accomplishment that came with their final product. Food Network star Kardea Brown is no different. Her first-ever ...