They’re easy to make, can be stored for a few days (and most are even freezer-friendly due to them not being iced!) and go perfectly with a cup of morning or afternoon tea. Condensed milk tea cake. A ...

Whether you're a veteran baker or trying to keep it simple with your home baking adventures, a no-fail sponge cake is an important part of your repertoire. Toothsome enough to eat on its own as a ...

Every Southern cook I know has a different way of making tea cakes. Even my grandmother and her sister, Earnestine, had different recipes for the delicately flavored sweet treats. Aunt Earnestine’s ...

If you've never had a southern tea cake, they are rather difficult to describe. I can assure you though, despite appearances, it is nothing like a cookie. This tender little cake is soft and pillowy, ...

Nothing beats the comfort of classic cakes when the weather turns chilly. There’s something reassuring about simple flavors ...

The zingiest, most delicious cake you’ll ever make. The recipe is easy to follow and the crumb is incredibly soft and tender. Put 350 grams of batter in each mould and score each cake with a butter.

Lemon-myrtle, lavender-Earl Grey, hazelnut-orange -- the selection of tea cakes from Valerie Confections screams spring. Assistant Food editor Betty Hallock is a fan: “They’re moist, dense and not too ...

We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects each contributor’s memories of holidays past. While ...

Think of Etha Robinson as the Johnny Appleseed of pastry. Her mission, rather than planting apple trees, is to plant the idea of reviving the tea cake, a little cookie that has a lot of historical ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Like all holidays worth celebrating, the African-American emancipation day known as Juneteenth centers on food. Juneteenth, which takes place each year on June 19th, celebrates the day in 1865 that ...