In my recurring anxiety dream, hordes of friends are streaming into my apartment for a party while I keep opening kitchen cabinets and finding only two cans of black beans. What’s reassuring is that I ...

In my life as a pastry chef, I’ve always held fast to the belief that there are certain flavors -- specifically coffee, lemon and chocolate -- that are best taken to the extreme. If I create a coffee ...

There's nothing more dissappointing for a baker than encountering a cracked cake or a dry crumb, but a water bath might just be the remedy to ensure delightful cakes in the future. We consulted Joy ...

As a kid, few things topped warming up with a mug of steaming hot chocolate after playing outside in freshly fallen snow. These snow- and cocoa-filled core memories make this hot chocolate poke cake ...

Boxed cake mixes are something of a modern marvel in how they make baking a cake a quick and simple task. Compared to the precise measuring, creaming, and general mess of making a cake from scratch, ...

A chocolate layer cake is a classic dessert loved for its rich flavor and velvety texture. This version has peppermint extract in the cake batter and the buttercream, making it the perfect dessert to ...