Edited version of a story first published Dec. 15, 2009: This old-fashioned charmer is from Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters by Marilynn Brass & Sheila Brass (Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95).

The chefs of Otowasan Kannonji Temple show us how to make mushi-pan steamed cake. It's been one of the head nun's favorite snacks since childhood. This recipe calls for pumpkin and sweet potatoes to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Making even the simplest cakes can sometimes be fickle. Baking is a science, and not paying attention to details like measurements, rest times ...

Make sure you have a wok and lid big enough to accommodate a 22 to 23 centimetre round cake tin. Place a cooling rack in the wok to sit the baking tin on. Fill with enough water so there's about two ...

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More than often when we say the word 'snack', the first thing that comes into our mind is crispy pakoras, fried tikkis, tantalising chaats and masaledaar street food, right? Now just place the word ...

We love how well-loved, hand-me-down cake pans tell the stories of generations of bakers, but we're not such a fan of how those warped and discolored pans treat our cakes. Whether the mix came from a ...