Sometimes the shortest path between making cake and eating it is opening a can of ready-made frosting. Here are easy upgrades to make it taste better.

Elevate any spring gathering, Mother's Day lunch, or girl's birthday party with this stunning (and surprisingly easy) cake. A ...

A tender, rich chocolate snacking cake is topped with an elegant pistachio frosting. Serve for dessert, afternoon tea, or as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Come to find out about it, there’s a classic, time-honored frosting called white mountain, and it may well be what Katie Carpenter of Everett was hoping for when she asked if readers could reconnect ...

With a soft, airy crumb, jammy cherry filling, and a glossy, cloud-like frosting, this Mount Vernon Cake is full of old-fashioned charm—even if its origins are a bit of a mystery.

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 ...