Karen Clay has fond memories of her Grandma Margaret's coconut cake: a beautiful, towering creation she describes simply as "dreamy." For years, Karen has tried, but has been unsuccessful in trying to ...

This dessert is a riff on chef Maria Leivaditaki’s recipe for portokalopita, a Greek syrup-soaked cake made from broken bits of phyllo dough in place of flour. The cake is moist, rich and delicious on ...

The batter for this basic golden-hued layer cake takes only a few minutes to throw together, and whirring the wet ingredients in a blender makes the recipe virtually failsafe. No stand mixer and ...

Linda White has contacted Milk Street to help recreate Adena's Hot Sponge. Linda White remembers a cake named Adena's Hot Milk Sponge from her grandmother’s recipe collection. The vague instructions ...

Don’t forget to zest the orange before juicing it. To remove the zest in strips, a Y-style peeler is the best tool. You will need two large oranges for this recipe—one to provide the zest strips and ...

These are some of the best cakes you've probably never heard of. First, it's Hot Milk Sponge Cake, which offers a science lesson on scalded milk. Finally, it's Invisible Apple Cake (Gateau Invisible), ...

Growing up in Los Angeles, Karen Clay lived around the corner from her grandmother, Margaret Newborn. Before and after school, when her parents were at work, she’d stay with Newborn — a born- ...