Layers of chocolate sponge sandwiched with cherry jam and kirsch cream, topped with rich chocolate meringue frosting. Equipment: You will need a sugar thermometer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to ...

The Bûche de Noël, or Yule log cake, is a traditional French dessert served during Christmas that dates back to the 19th century. The cake is meant to resemble the large yule log that families would ...

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It's summer and that means a little more time on your hands to try out those Irish recipes that you've been filing away all winter. Let's start with dessert, like the lunatics we are. Ireland has some ...

I’ll admit it: Every time a recipe demands that I sift an ingredient like all-purpose flour, I raise my eyebrows. Do I really have to break out an extra tool that’s notoriously tricky to clean? The ...

When I learned that baking powder wasn’t invented until the late 1840s, I wondered how cakes ― which need some type of leavening agent to produce a fluffy, soft crumb ― used to get made. Ancient Roman ...

The "perfect" genoise cake is ready in just over one hour with Paul Hollywood's straightforward recipe for a "light and airy" sponge. Genoise cake is a type of Italian sponge cake that is light, airy, ...