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Recipes

• Lemon Pound Cake
  This golden, rich cake benefits from a generous amount of butter
• Citizen Cake Rum Butter Cake with Key Lime Cream and Tropical Fruits
  A fun cake from chef Elizabeth Falkner
• Rice Krispies Treats Birthday Cake
  This childhood staple molds into an impressive cake
• Cinnamon-Walnut Bundt Cake
  Makes a great hostess gift
• Double-Layer Carrot Cake with Tofu Cream Cheese Frosting
  Carrot cake is always a favorite
• Twinks
  Our vanilla cream filling makes it even better
• Chocolate Ding-a-Lings
  An improvement on an old favorite
• Chocolate Icebox Cake with Mascarpone and Blackberries
  Rich, easy, no-bake
• Coconut Tres Leches Cake
  Everyone asks for this recipe
• The Red Cat Cookies-and-Cream Cake
  Happy birthday! Or congratulations!
• Chocolate Cassis Cake with Raspberries
  Whipped cream frosting makes decorating a cakewalk
• Coconut and Lime Macadamia Cake
  A tropical combination in a simple cake
• Fresh Ginger Cake
  Fast and Big Easy
• Chocolate Rum Pudding Cake
  Vegan one-bowl dessert
• Pan de Muertos (Day of the Dead Bread)
  A yeasty sweet bread from Mexico
• Olive Oil Cake
  With a hint of orange and the crunch of cornmeal
• Molten Walnut Cake
  Nutty, with a hint of spice and a puddinglike center
• Basic (Vegan) Chocolate Cupcake
  A fabulous, 100 percent vegan recipe
• Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
  A light chiffon cake filled with mascarpone and sweet cream
• Boozy Persimmon Pudding
  Silky pudding cake laced with brandy and orange zest
• Chocolate Mousse Cake
  
• Covered Apple cake
  
• Toasted Pound Cake with Coffee Sauce
  An addictive pairing
• Sour Cream–Banana Bread
  Moist, tangy bread full of banana flavor
• Butternut Squash–Apple Cake with Ginger Streusel
  
• Buttermilk Icing
  A tangy topper to your favorite cupcake
• Gingerbread with Stout
  The old-fashioned treat gets boozy
• Sticky Steamed Pumpkin Pudding
  Irresistible, moist, cake-like spiced pudding
• Broccoli, Mushroom, and Gouda Quiche
  A savory pie for breakfast or a light lunch
• Spirited Butterscotch Sauce
  Butter and scotch with brown sugar for good measure
• Blueberry Cake
  Made in a slow cooker
• Lemon-Blueberry Trifle
  Layers of fruit, lemon curd, cream, and cake are a sure crowd pleaser
• A Healthy Gluten-Free Carrot Cake for Memorial Day
  
• Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake
  
• Salted Caramel Frosting
  Bitter and sweet, with a pinch of salt
• Pudding Frosted Cake
  
• Moist Yellow Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Frosting
  Better than the box version
• Bittersweet Chocolate Frosting
  A simple topping for cookies and cakes
• Triple Malt Chocolate Cake
  A soda fountain treat turned into a cake
• Vanilla Malt Frosting
  Classic frosting with a kick of malt
• Cardamom-Spiced Carrot Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
  Have your cake and eat your veggies too
• Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
  Tender, light, and flecked with vanilla
• Buttermilk Cake with Nectarines and Vanilla Cream
  
• Pineapple Cheesecake with White Chocolate Sauce and Macadamias
  

Grinders

• Layers of Meaning
  The L. A. Times has baked up a dreamy food section this week all about layer cakes.
• Booze in Cake Form
  The Palm Beach Post casts a critical eye on fruitcakes—somebody's eating them. A lot of somebodies.
• Let Them Eat Meatcake
  Forget buttercream and génoise. Mashed potatoes and ground beef is the way to have your cake and eat it, too.
• What Could Go Wrong?
  Video purports to teach the ham-handed to make an elementary wedding cake.
• Google Takes the Cake
  The Google Blog is abuzz with talk about the giant frickin' cake baked to celebrate the anniversary of the company's New York City office.
• A Horrible New Twist on "Beer and a Shot"
  Wherein the Associated Press makes the case that the next big trend is eating cake frosting straight up from shot glasses.

Picks

• My Cupcake Hero
  One girl's sweet tooth has been saved.

Stories

• Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook
  Breads and cakes from our favorite ex-con
• The Rise of the Salt Tooth
  The craze for salted sweets
• Easy-Bake Birthday Cakes
  Ditch the mix
• Cake Stands
  Elevate any dish to a new level
• How to Transport a Cake
  Keep it from sliding around
• Protecting a Frosted Cake
  Create a tent using toothpicks and plastic wrap