I love to bake, so I often volunteer to bring a dessert when gathering with friends to celebrate a birthday. This month we celebrated my friend Ann's birthday. Ann has lived and traveled all over the ...

Meringue-topped cakes filled with whipped cream and berries: A blitz torte never goes out of style. By Melissa Clark When my friend Ursula Reshoft-Hegewisch offers to bring dessert, my answer is ...

This post originally appeared on Food52. This flourless chocolate torte is a better and purer vehicle for chocolate than chocolate itself (scientifically speaking). It’s made from just three ...

To celebrate the new year, for as long as I can remember, my mom has baked a cake called punch torte, a tradition started in her family back in the former Czechoslovakia. "At midnight, we pour ...

Browsing in the gift shop of Vienna’s famed Cafe Sacher, I resist the cookbooks, magnets, robes, and teddy bears. But I can never resist buying an Original Sacher-Torte, a dense but delectable ...