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

He likes to fold in candied citrus peels to make a French fruit cake; he also loves plain slices dipped in espresso. The solution to baking for a crowd is to stick with easy desserts like this ...

Nail your colours to the baking tray with this patriotic bake. It is a great cake to make for a street party, sporting event or royal knees-up. If you bake the sponge ahead, wait until the day you ...

use a piping bag fitted with a plain 3mm/⅛in nozzle). Pipe ‘Happy Birthday’ onto the cake (or a message of your choice) and use the remaining royal icing to stick the piped flowers onto the ...

First, add the batters to your pan in a way that keeps them somewhat separate — for this cake, that means one full layer of plain batter, then a layer of chocolate, and a final plain layer on top.

These are “plain” cakes. But when done right they are special ... A bite gives you the crunch of sugar and icing and the soft, gently spiced dough. This cake is pretty without being especially ...

Place the icing sugar, cocoa and butter in a mixing ... In honour of that beautiful tree, and the philosophy of The Plain Cake Appreciation Society – the appreciation of good, simple cake ...

It was so plain it verged on homely ... who’s going to judge you for taking it? Beneath that easy icing, the cake itself is equally retro and simple to make. A Depression-era favorite known ...