Welcome to Baking 1-2-3, by associate food editor Claire Saffitz. Each month, she’ll guide you through a three-step baking process. The first recipe is for the beginners out there, the second for ...

Across America, almost every state has a signature food and dessert that residents enjoy. In Maryland’s case, the food is stuffed ham and the dessert is the iconic Smith Island cake. The cake is so ...

Stacking, spreading, slicing...Saffitz-ing? The cake components are ready to roll, but combining them all together is a science in itself. Fortunately, Professor Claire has done the research for us!

Lane Cake is a baker’s badge of honor in Alabama. It is dutifully baked once a year at Christmas, placed on the sideboard for everyone to admire.

There are few Costco bakery items with as much mythology as the "All-American Chocolate Cake." For years, the towering, seven-pound dessert was a fan obsession. Four layers of rich chocolate sponge, ...