A great chocolate cake goes like this: Start with a layer of devil’s food cake, nearly obsidian dark from Valrhona cocoa powder. Then add a thick strata of buttercream, another of chocolate crémeux, ...

There are certain cakes I get asked to bring to every holiday gathering, and honestly, I don't mind because they're that good. These recipes have earned their spot as crowd favorites through years of ...

This impressive layer cake is a traditional Polish dessert called karpatka, featured in baker Laurel Kratochvila’s new cookbook, Dobre Dobre. Its gorgeous, airy choux-pastry crusts sandwich a silky, ...