Note: This recipe calls for a 10-inch angel food cake pan (preferably a pan with a removable insert). Our recipes, your kitchen: If you try this or any other recipe from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen, ...

Though I’m trying to read two books, I always end up picking up some cookbook I’ve left laying around the house and leafing through it. I only stop when I see a recipe that makes me start compiling an ...

According to various online sources, today is National Chiffon Cake Day. Until recently, I had no idea that such a day existed, and I'm still not sure how this confection earned its national day of ...

The aromas that waft from Sweet Tartlette, a patisserie on Traverse City’s West Front Street, hint of the edible luxuries inside: house-candied orange slices, melted dark chocolate, fresh-squeezed key ...

Note: "American Cake" author Anne Byrn notes that this "authentically American" cake was created in the 1920s in Los Angeles by Harry Baker, an insurance salesman and hobby baker. "Baker eventually ...

Makes 12-16 servings. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes” by Anne ...

The aromas that waft from Sweet Tartlette, a diminutive patisserie on Traverse City’s West Front Street, hint of the edible luxuries inside: house-candied orange slices, melted dark chocolate, ...

Most people wouldn’t think of strawberry shortcake as a divisive dessert. But it is. The debate centers on the base: biscuit or cake, and then it can delve into what kind of cake — angel food or ...