Ever since I learned to make a cake from scratch, I haven’t really touched boxed cake mixes. I’m not above using them, but ...

Sometimes the shortest path between making cake and eating it is opening a can of ready-made frosting. Here are easy upgrades to make it taste better.

Four years ago, when my eldest son turned 9, he declared that he was getting too big for the cupcakes I made every year on his birthday. He wanted a big cake. Gasp. Cupcakes were safe. Cupcakes I ...

Grandma’s from-scratch desserts bring the kind of cozy charm that makes a Valentine’s spread feel personal, not packaged.

Jackson grandma Rita Rees shares her from-scratch German Chocolate Cake, a Dec. 24 birthday and deer-camp tradition, with coconut-pecan frosting and storage tips.