Our strawberries and cream torte is a simple yet elegant creation involving layers of fresh berries, mounds of whipped cream, and even a secret meringue layer.

Everybody loves a good pecan pie. But if you really want to take things to the next level, make like the Barefoot Contessa and whip up a Chocolate Pecan Meringue Torte from her new book, Cook Like a ...

Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan and cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This ...

1. Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Spray an 8- to 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray and set aside. (Or use a nonstick-surface springform without the spray.) 2. Using all but four of the ...

My grandmother made schaum torte every year for Easter while I was growing up. Hers was always baked in a springform pan, flavored with both vanilla and almond extract, and topped with sliced ...

I'd never tasted — let alone baked — the dazzling plum torte from the New York Times, despite its firmly entrenched role in the national baking consciousness. Fortunately, my pal John rectified that ...

We tend to talk about seasons as if the year were a house with four separate rooms. You walk through a connecting door and slam it shut behind you. The reality is subtler, closer to a meandering ...

This is both the most often published and the most requested recipe in the Times archives. By my count, Marian Burros (who was given the recipe by Lois Levine, with whom Burros wrote "Elegant but Easy ...

Our most requested recipe of all time turns 40 this year, and it’s still going strong. By Emily Weinstein Credit...Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Liza Jernow. Good morning. It’s ...

The noted French chef Careme pronounced the vegetable torte well and truly dead by the first part of the 19th century. “Tortes are no longer fancy enough to appear on our opulent tables, for the ...

About Chocolate Blueberry Torte Recipe: A decadent chocolate cake with blueberry and cocoa that can be a perfect sweet treat to prepare for your next dinner party at home. Preheat oven to 350F/180C.

From the coffee houses of Vienna to the pastry shops of Salzburg, traditional Austrian desserts are some of the most memorable sweets in Europe. These classic recipes let you recreate those ...