White as a Sunday glove, coconut is the doyenne of Southern layer cakes, a masterpiece of home cookery that has crowned dining room sideboards for more than a hundred years. This towering four-layer ...

For generations, the Christmas pudding has been the traditional dessert served in British households. Made from currants and suet, doused in brandy, and ceremoniously set aflame, it's often studded ...

Jennifer John never encountered a theme around which she could not plan a party. “I love it all,” said the Washington, D.C.-area native who moved to New Orleans in 1998 to become a reporter, then news ...

The Ultimate Guide to Chocolate Ganache is for both beginner and experienced home chefs. Requiring only 2 ingredients, you will learn how to make ganache with the standard ratios in a snap! This ...

Layer cakes are the showstoppers of the dessert world, with their towering tiers and artistic decorations. But what’s the point of a gorgeous cake if it doesn’t make your taste buds dance? I’ve ...

Yolanda Gampp of How To Cake It shows you how to make the ultimate German chocolate cake. She used her incredible chocolate cake recipe as the base. It's covered in simple syrup and stacked with a ...

It must have taken an enormous amount of curiosity — or sheer need from hunger — for the first human to explore the possibilities of the cacao pod. Roughly the size of a football, the pod looks ...