“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 ...

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 ...