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For anyone who regularly bakes, this recipe needs to be in your repertoire. It's a basic sponge cake and one of the most versatile cakes you can make. It's great by itself. It's wonderful as a base ...

Few desserts make an entrance quite like Baked Alaska – a dome of golden-tipped meringue hiding cold ice cream atop a layer of sponge, all briefly blasted in an oven or flambéed to theatrical effect.

Queen Victoria loved afternoon tea, so much so that this classic sponge cake was named in her honour. Her reign coincided with the mid-19th century invention of baking powder, a chemical leavening ...

The iconic upside-down cake of the American imagination is a golden sponge gilded with a slick of caramel, a corona of sweetened pineapple rings and incandescent maraschino cherries. Yet as sunshiny ...

Let them eat cake! No matter the reason, from birthdays to weddings to holidays, every day can be a celebration with a tasty decorated cake. From classic vanilla and chocolate to creative Funfetti to ...