For a cake with such whisper-soft texture, chiffon cake certainly made some noise when it entered the food scene. The recipe was created—and kept top secret for around two decades—by a salesman-turned-caterer named Harry Baker. Capitalizing on its popularity, General Mills released the recipe along with the claim that it was, "The first new cake recipe in 100 years." (Sounds like something Don Draper would write, doesn't it?) More

When you throw a dinner party, sometimes you ask a friend to bring dessert, sometimes you hit up the Italian bakery on your way home, and sometimes—yes it's true—sometimes you eschew this final course all together, hoping that everyone will be too full of hamburgers to notice. But because my personal motto is, "Don't forget dessert," I give you three tasty solutions to this problem. No dainty souffles or individual tarts here; these are desserts to feed a crowd. More

Recipe research taught the cooks at America's Test Kitchen what they didn't want in their Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake: indistinguishable layers and texture, and a flavor so overpoweringly rich that it's hard to finish more than a few forkfuls. By finessing one layer at a time, starting with the dark chocolate base and building to the top white chocolate tier, the cooks at America's Test Kitchen aimed to create a triple-decker that was incrementally lighter in texture—and richness. Watch this video for step-by-step instructions or get the recipe at America's Test Kitchen (free registration required). More

If you read this column last week and felt inspired to bake a cake, you might have realized a conundrum: When baking a big cake for a potluck, moving vehicles are undoubtedly the enemy. That's the logic behind the purchase that followed: the Progressive Collapsible Cake and Cupcake Carrier ($18.88 at Camping World). More

There's something that unites us serious eaters every holiday season, and it has nothing to do with the snow, the gifts, or the tunes. It's that perverse excitement we get when our calendar fills up with potlucks—with reasons to impress via culinary prowess—and our bookmarked pages of technically ambitious recipes can finally find justification with our peers. It's in that vein that I pounced on the Frieling Layer Cake Slicing Kit ($42, boncui.com), a trio of cake-assembling accouterments to befit the season of showing off. More

An angel food cake filled with marshmallows, covered in blue frosting, and decorated with strands of fake pearls. You don't have to be Jewish to know that by serving Sandra Lee's Star of David angel food cake, you have failed. More

Food Network confirmed on Sunday that Ace of Cakes is no more. Elaborate cake-baker Duff Goldman, known for his fondant craftiness at the Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes bakery, will be on camera in one last season, which begins in January. According to ABC News, the final (tenth) season will consist of six episodes. More

I wouldn't be surprised if more people were familiar with Lithuanian coffee cake in New Haven, Connecticut, than in Lithuania proper. Why do the locals, namely Yalies, love this treat from Claire's Corner Copia so? Three reasons: the dense sour cream cake, the middle brown stripe (sweet raisins and walnuts coated in brown sugar and coffee grounds), and the buttercream frosting. While most coffee cakes are just nice things to nosh on between gulps of coffee, this one actually has coffee in it. More

Isn't the point of Hallowee to gorge yourself on treats so over-the-top sugary that they would make your dentist shiver in fear? If so, Pillsbury's Halloween Funfetti Cake Mix is a smashing success. More

Ever since canned pineapple became widely available in the early 1900s, pineapple and upside-down cake have become practically synonymous. But there was a time when this cake was made with seasonal fruit such as apples. After testing a few recipes, however, it was clear why sweet, juicy pineapple had overshadowed the humble apple. Rather than a luscious topping full of deeply fruity flavor, the apple slices tasted bland and watery. Here, the folks from America's Test Kitchen restore apple-pie order to this upside-down cake. Watch this video for step-by-step instructions or get the recipe at America's Test Kitchen (free registration required). More