Pound cakes got their name because they were once made with a pound each of flour, butter, sugar and eggs. (Really, they should have been called four-pound cakes!) But even as recipes have adapted and ...

Stir in brown sugar until dissolved. Pour mixture into bottom of the greased cake pan. Arrange pear halves in cake pan in a starburst pattern, cored sides down. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk ...

Not only are pistachios highly nutritious, they're also forgiving to the baker, said Michael and Pippa James. The moisture provided by their fat content makes this cake almost impossible to overbake.

This easy cake is a slice of sunshine, ideal for those gray days of late winter as we push toward spring. I've never put much stock in the prognostications of rodents, but there's definitely a ...