The frosting is a “lazy” mix of melted butter, brown sugar and coconut — because sluggish bakers deserve nice treats, too.

Using a stand mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy about 2-3 minutes. Add ...

My new favorite cake has a judgy name. “It’s called lazy daisy cake,” my friend Ursula Reshoft-Hegewisch said as she handed ...

Arrange the sliced plums on the batter without overlapping, then scatter the sandy cardamom sugar all over. Place the cake in the oven and bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into ...

Add the eggs, vanilla paste, ground cardamom and lemon zest ... or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup. Heat the lemon juice and ...

Bake until cake is golden brown on top and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack, 5 minutes. Place a serving plate on top ...

But on one recent Sunday, my friend Mary Ann Thoren and I drove to St. Paul to take a class on Nordic Baking. It did seem ...

5. Add the cardamom powder and pistachios and gently fold everything in. Tip the batter into the baking tin and bake to 180 degrees Celsius for 35–40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the ...

This date upside-down cake takes the dates from my family’s Rosh Hashanah seder and pairs them with the two fragrant ingredients found in so many Persian sweets: cardamom and rosewater.

Add the eggs, vanilla paste, ground cardamom and lemon zest ... or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup. Heat the lemon juice and ...