Heralded as “the first new cake in 100 years” when it was introduced, the chiffon cake -- one of the darlings of midcentury cuisine -- became famous for its wonderfully light and airy texture, ...

There’s an episode of the late-’90s PBS series “Baking With Julia” that features Berkeley-based pastry chef Alice Medrich (in some circles, fondly referred to as the Queen of Chocolate) and one of her ...

A bûche de Noël is only as good as its cake. This recipe for vanilla chiffon cake delivers a perfect, fluffy, thin sheet of deliciousness that’s easy to make and even easier to roll up — if the pastry ...

Chiffon cakes are, as the originator Harry Baker opined, “something cosmic.” A chiffon cake is in the family of aerated, egg-based foam cakes — like sponges and angel food cakes — all sky-high and ...

This cake recipe is the perfect weekend snack for the family or a holiday cake to bring to a party. But to create this delicious treat, you need a bunch of ingredients for both the Cake and Fruit and ...

Dear Lisa: As a little girl my grandmother taught me how to make a cake from scratch. I can remember some of the ingredients but not all, can you help? I know the recipe called for flour, eggs, sugar, ...

With an origin story out of Old Hollywood, chiffon cake is at once airy and rich. By Ligaya Mishan A century ago, chiffon cake did not exist. It did not grace the plates of our forebears, surreal in ...

Most people wouldn’t think of strawberry shortcake as a divisive dessert. But it is. The debate centers on the base: biscuit or cake, and then it can delve into what kind of cake — angel food or ...