Dessert: You surely have already heard about the famous Carrot Cake ! It's easier than you may think ! Have a try, helped by ...

Baking a cake from scratch is scary. You can tell this from supermarket aisles lined with cake mixes, and the scant likelihood of ever running into a homemade cake at an office party or potluck dinner ...

Maryjane Ingersoll has memories of the Hungarian nut rolls that her grandmother Mary Horvath made from an old family recipe, using a special loaf pan. “She immigrated from Hungary in 1906 at the age ...

This is a very dense, moist cake full of nuts. The eggs act as the leavening agent. As chef Marcy Goldman notes in her book "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking," the cake will remind you of baklava.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (325 if you have a very hot oven). Place the oats in a smaller bowl, boil the water or juice, and pour it over the oats. Let it stand while you cream ...

Simple, rich almond cake makes a sophisticated and delicately sweet dessert, but traditional European versions tend to be heavy and dense. For a slightly cakier version with plenty of nutty flavor, we ...

Several autumns ago I was lucky enough to travel to Copenhagen to participate in a program for chefs from around the world. While I was there I had access to some of the most incredible and thoughtful ...

Reader Veronica Rodriguez of Sherman Oaks can’t get enough of the date nut slices at Lodge Bread in Culver City, generous squares of cake studded with chopped dates and nuts, not too sweet and with ...

What’s your favorite Arkansas-centric dessert? I recently talked with Anne Byrn, aka The Cake Mix Doctor, former Food editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and author, about Arkansas baking. Byrn ...