Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (325 if you have a very hot oven). Place the oats in a smaller bowl, boil the water or juice, and pour it over the oats. Let it stand while you cream ...

Maryjane Ingersoll has memories of the Hungarian nut rolls that her grandmother Mary Horvath made from an old family recipe, using a special loaf pan. “She immigrated from Hungary in 1906 at the age ...

The pumpkin cake starts with a boxed spice cake mix —prepared as directed—then gets topped with a mixture of pumpkin and ...

This is a very dense, moist cake full of nuts. The eggs act as the leavening agent. As chef Marcy Goldman notes in her book "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking," the cake will remind you of baklava.

This will be the tastiest checklist you've ever completed. Each one of these classic cakes is special, so try your hand at ...

Days spent lolling around the blooming fields of lavender and wild sage and hanging out in the fragrant orange orchards. A pause on the way home to lick sweet nectar from honeysuckle blossoms. A ...

Sweet recollections are once again the theme of much of our reader mail. Bakers dug into their files and came up with cakes that appear to meet Annette Achermann's standards for a sweet breadlike plum ...