Like a fancy Fig Newton, this cake balances honey-sweetened jammy figs with toasty, bitter rye flour in a simple two-layer cake covered in a thin layer of brown butter frosting. Some of the jam — ...

For me, a chocolate layer cake is the best and quintessential chocolate dessert. It seems simple in concept, but a tall cake with mouthwatering frosting is a thing of beauty. Don’t save this recipe ...

A repeat winner in the Pennsylvania Farm Show baking circuit has done it again. Sharon Karlheim of Cambria County won the blue ribbon Jan. 7 in the annual Homemade Chocolate Cake Contest. Her layered ...

We all know icing is the perfect finishing touch to a great cake. “The phrase ‘icing on the cake’ refers to making something that is already good even better — that’s what icing does,” says Elizabeth ...