“So your family lived in that haunted house?” my son asks while we bake a cake new to me, though it’s been in my family for at least four generations. "A long time ago,” I say. By the time I was born, ...

Closeup of vanilla cake with fresh fruit on a plate - New Africa/Shutterstock Sometimes people confuse baking from scratch with baking without a recipe -- but even the best bakers often rely on trusty ...

In France, gâteau au yaourt is a cake that uses an entire container of yogurt, then cleverly employs the empty container as the measuring cup for the flour, sugar and oil. It’s easy to throw together ...

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Sometimes people confuse baking from scratch with baking without a recipe -- but even the best bakers often rely on trusty written formulations or intricate hacks to craft their treats. That is, with ...

When a “haunted” family home resurfaced online, it sparked the sweetest reunion—bringing a four-generation-old cake recipe back to life. “So your family lived in that haunted house?” my son asks while ...