We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Making even the simplest cakes can sometimes be fickle. Baking is a science, and not paying attention to details like measurements, rest times ...

Their fame comes not from recipe books or cookery shows, but emails. Some time in the mid-2000s, viral recipes started popping up in inboxes and calling for people to ditch the long-winded baking slog ...

A tired cake does not ask for much. It only wants a brief vacation in warm fog that melts the stiffness right out of its crumb. Many dry cakes do not actually lose flavor. They only lose swagger. They ...