This weekend I tried and semi-failed to make a checkerboard cake for my sister Alex's birthday. The cake itself was delicious and it was rather attractive but a perfect checkerboard cake, it was not.

1 box chocolate cake mix, batter mixed according to package instructions 1 box vanilla cake mix, batter mixed according to package instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two ...

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Whether you’re planning a romantic night with your sweetie or a “Galentine’s” Day girls-only fiesta this Feb. 14, there’s always a need for cake. So we enlisted the help of Cake Boss star Buddy ...

Have you ever seen one of those striking checkerboard cakes and wondered “How’d they do that?” As some of you already know, checkerboard cakes are created with the help of a ringed cake divider — a ...

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 4 6-inch round cake pans and set aside. 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. 3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted ...

Bakers, you may start your ovens. Longtime readers of this column know that there are definite patterns to the subject matter. Some have to do with ingredients. Apples ripen in the autumn, so you can ...

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 ...

Leave it to Pat LeGrone at the Crimson Inn Bed and Breakfast in Tuscaloosa to come up with something wonderful for every holiday. Valentine's Day is no exception. She makes a beautifully decorated ...

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 ...