You’d think after cooking for 30 years I’d know better than to do anything with meringue on a rainy day. However, I had my mouth set to share the white buttermilk cake and 7-minute icing with you for ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch pans or three 8-inch pans. Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of coloring and cocoa and add to mixture. Blend in vanilla. Sift ...

Pair it with my Cake Recipes: EASY 7 MINUTE FROSTING RECIPE INGREDIENTS * 2 large egg whites (2 oz / 60 g) * 1⅓ cups (10½ oz / 296 g) granulated sugar * ⅓ cup (2½ fl oz / 80 ml) cold water * 2 ...

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If there’s only one cake you ever learn to make, let it be this. Yellow cake swaddled in chocolate frosting is perhaps the gold standard cake for birthdays, and for good reason–it strikes just the ...

An apple cider and maple syrup reduction adds sweetness and apple flavor to this cake and frosting for a decidedly autumnal treat. A quick apple cider–maple syrup reduction is folded into both the ...

I used to come home every year on my birthday to find a slow-motion disaster unfolding in my kitchen. Cabinets ajar, cat panicked, kids counter-surfing, my wife dusted in flour. The goal of all this ...