Hummingbird cake took the South by storm in the 1970s after the late Eva Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina, submitted the ...

“American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes” by Anne Byrn, Rodale Books, $29.99, 344 pages, hardcover Don’t expect ...

Angel food cake has a texture and appearance (and even some necessary equipment) that's entirely its own. It's sweetness and light, in dessert form. Yet it remains something of a kitchen curiosity.

Pineapple rings aren't just for brown sugar baked ham, edible fruit arrangements, and wearing as pretend eyeglasses. After a ...

The traditional cake—fluffy white sponge, clouds of whipped cream, and bright red strawberries—even mirrors the colors of Japan’s flag. Red and white are considered especially auspicious in Japanese ...

For better or worse, Sarasota residents in the early 1900s made food that can seem old-fashioned—or just downright ...

Flourless chocolate cake: Sounds so mod, doesn’t it? Remember the molten chocolate cakes of the ‘90s? Scroll through Instagram or TikTok and you won’t have to — versions of the cake are scattered ...

Election season often comes with a lot of questions, choices and lively discussions. But there’s a way to bring a bit of lightness to your day by trying a unique piece of food history: election cakes.

Honey cake, a springy loaf called lekach in Yiddish and traditionally served at Rosh Hashana, is not my favorite holiday dessert. So I was thrilled when, in the 1990s, Charles Fenyvesi, a colleague of ...