Tender yellow cake with smooth chocolate frosting, this is birthday cake done right. More

For all of you ambitious bakers out there who have been wondering just how the buttery layers of a croissant come to be, this recipe is for you. Harvard grad Joanne Chang has written a comprehensive recipe that will hold your hand from dough rolling to shaping to proudly pulling lovely, flaky croissants out of the oven. More

This Milky Way Tart gives milk chocolate its fair shake in the form of a light mousse tucked into a caramel coated tart shell, drizzled with more caramel and finished with a flutter of chocolate curls. More

In the intro to Flour, Joanne Chang talks about her traditional Chinese upbringing, which was sadly devoid of sweets. These Black Sesame Lace Cookies take flavors of her childhood and combine them with her later-in-life love affair with pastry for ethereally light, crisp cookies. More