Making a cake that looks impressive doesn’t have to be complicated. With a few smart techniques and simple ingredients, you can create something that looks like it took way more effort than it did.

If you want to give a simple no-bake eclair cake recipe more of a springtime twist, it's as easy as infusing a bit of this ...

Ree Drummond's recipe for icebox cake is so simple to make ahead and chill for later. With just three ingredients, the cake comes together easily with layers of wafer cookies and homemade whipped ...

Tuck slices into the cream filling of a layer cake, or add a little sugar and lemon juice to make a sweet-tart topping for ...

If I ask three people what their favorite chocolate cake is, I’ll get three completely different answers. One might say chocolate mousse cake, while another might share theirs is a three-layer devil’s ...

Inspired by espresso tonic drinks, which often use orange peel as a garnish, I add brewed coffee to this cake to bring out the floral notes of the chocolate and tie them together with those of the ...

This in-between time of year in Southern California can be both wonderful and confounding. If you’ve ever spent any time outside of SoCal, September usually means the chance to pull on a sweater and ...

In Sgubin's 1998 cookbook "Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," the former chef and nanny shares not only recipes, but intimate snapshots of the ...

I always assumed that to make a chocolate cake as chocolatey as possible, you need to add a lot of melted chocolate and use the expensive high-quality stuff. Imagine my surprise when I learned on my ...