The Better Way to Cut a Clean Slice of Cake
“Cutting the cake” is an honor. Whether you’re getting married, retiring, or celebrating a birthday, the task usually falls to a special person on their special day. I’m not one…
Forget Frosting and Give Your Cupcakes the Lamington Treatment
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann A mighty glob of buttercream frosting looks appealing on a cupcake, but my quick hack for eating such a cupcake is to remove the liner off…
11 Things You Didn’t Know Your Grocery Store’s Bakery Can Do for You
Photo: Soloviova Liudmyla (Shutterstock) What’s better than pulling freshly baked croissants out of your own home oven? Croissants that you didn’t have to laminate, cut, and shape yourself! As I…
You Should Flambé Your American Flag Cake
Every year around mid-June my inbox is flooded with press releases for flag cake recipes, all of which boast new and exciting takes on the patriotic dessert. Usually I ignore…
You Need a New Sheet Cake in Your Life
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The sheer variety of cake that exists in the world is thrilling, if a little overwhelming. Deciding between a butterfly-shaped cake with motors in it or…
Your Baking Needs More Jam, Actually
Photo: nelea33 (Shutterstock) Baking can be a near-meditative pursuit, the minutes (or hours) spent in the kitchen mixing and measuring dropping you into a state of purposeful calm, or serving…