Welcome to Baking 1-2-3, by associate food editor Claire Saffitz. Each month, she’ll guide you through a three-step baking process. The first recipe is for the beginners out there, the second for ...

Making a cake at home — from scratch! — can certainly be an anxiety-inducing thought. While your cake might turn out superb, there’s always the chance it could go the other way entirely. Baking a show ...

Stacking, spreading, slicing...Saffitz-ing? The cake components are ready to roll, but combining them all together is a science in itself. Fortunately, Professor Claire has done the research for us!

Across America, almost every state has a signature food and dessert that residents enjoy. In Maryland’s case, the food is stuffed ham and the dessert is the iconic Smith Island cake. The cake is so ...

-- Bob Johnson is Huntsville’s cake boss. Not officially like on the TV show, but when you see his creations it’s hard to argue that his aren’t the most elaborate, over-the-top, spectacular wedding ...

There are few Costco bakery items with as much mythology as the "All-American Chocolate Cake." For years, the towering, seven-pound dessert was a fan obsession. Four layers of rich chocolate sponge, ...