In the Southern Kitchen series Saving Southern Recipes, Associate Editor Kate Williams explores the deep heritage of Southern cooking through the lens of passed-down family recipes. Unless you grew up ...

I have a confession to make: I don’t care for chocolate cake. I like chocolate fine, but cocoa powder alone doesn’t do it for me—I need creamy, dense cocoa butter with my chocolate, too. I love a ...

Make Martha Stewart's Caramel Buttercream Layer Cake featured in the "Sponge Cake" episode of Martha Bakes. Using a serrated knife, halve each cake horizontally to form 2 layers. Transfer 1 layer to a ...

IF Maya Angelou likes you, even just a bit, she wants to cook for you. The 76-year-old celebrated writer and poet invests something personal in each dish, whether for the hungry stranger walking into ...

In the spirit of today’s coffeehouses, here are recipes to serve if you have friends over for coffee--or tea. Be sure to have a bowl of strawberries or finger-cut pineapple or melon to balance the mix ...

Q: I have scoured the internet, and cookbooks in the library and bookstores, all to no avail, in an effort to find a recipe for a 7-layer caramel cake. Can you help? Thanks so much. A: The 7-layer ...

Whether you're hosting a party or a quiet get together to ring in the New Year, celebrate with a delicious New Year's Eve dessert. These festive recipes taste as good as they look and pair perfectly ...