It’s a universal law that a lovely loaf or bundt cake must be topped with a simple icing drizzle. Although simplicity doesn’t have to mean flavorless, most powdered sugar icings are, sadly, completely ...

I have a delicious collection of memories involving family picnics through the years, going all the way back to childhood recollections of making peach ice cream with a hand-cranked machine. Later ...

Let’s all be honest: When we reach for a slice of cake, we’re in it for the frosting more than anything else. There’s nothing that can transform a cake from just OK to practically heavenly like a ...

This mountain of rummy persimmon cake drizzled with rummy orange icing was inspired by James Beard’s persimmon bread. Meanwhile, butter a 12-cup bundt pan with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, then ...

Icing. Frosting. Glaze. Those terms get swirled round and round like the curlicue decorations on a cake, merging and blending until they appear to be exactly the same thing. However, although all of ...

A piping bag of butter cream with a set of specially shaped tips can turn the blank canvas of a cake into a work of art. If you've ever uttered some Oooo's and Ahhh's at the sight of some cupcakes or ...

Q: I saw your July 24th column (“Rye bread recipe lost … and found,” Good Eating) in which you tracked down a missing beloved rye bread recipe. Could you work that magic again? I had a Trib recipe for ...

Blanche Harrrell from Forest Hill, Md., was looking for a recipe for making a cake that was sold at the old A&P stores when she was growing up called Spanish Bar Cake. She said it was a delicious dark ...