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Gourmet Live: Scarlett Johansson Bakes!

She’s hot, all right, even in the kitchen, Adam Sachs reports
03.23.11
recipes

Applesauce Pecan Cake

This homespun cake is the quintessential after-school snack.
September 2009
Keywords
gourmet today,
dessert,
apples,
fruit,
cakes
food + cooking

The Kid’s Menu: Let Them Eat Cake

When it comes to baby’s first birthday, what’s wrong with a sweet, simple, made-from-scratch celebration—or two?
Lesley Porcelli
08.25.09
Keywords
the kid's menu,
culinary culture,
kids,
cakes,
lesley porcelli
food + cooking

Wedding Cake 101

Gourmet editor learned the hard way that baking a friend’s wedding cake is no piece of cake.
Marisa Robertson-Textor
05.13.09
Keywords
dessert,
cakes,
wedding,
baking,
marisa robertson-textor
recipes

Passover Desserts

From crunchy almond matzo brittle to an aromatic cardamom cake, our editors’ favorite Passover desserts are sure to have your Seder guests clamoring for the recipes.
03.16.09
Keywords
passover,
dessert,
spring,
cookies,
cakes
recipes

Walnut Jam Cake

Jam is always in season, so we turn to this nutty cake whenever we’re craving a hit of fruit in the early days of spring.
April 2009
Keywords
dessert of the month,
web-exclusive recipes,
desssert,
maggie ruggiero,
cakes
recipes

Gingerbread

With no bells and whistles or outré ingredients, this gingerbread is everything you want it to be: moist, satisfying, and gently spiced.
February 2009
Keywords
ruth cousineau,
web-exclusive recipes,
dessert of the month,
cakes,
spices
recipes

Glazed Chocolate Cake with Sprinkles

Let’s put our cards on the table: The exuberant confetti of colorful sprinkles is what makes you want to dive right in.
December 2008
Keywords
lillian chou,
web-exclusive recipes,
chocolate,
dessert of the month,
cakes
recipes

Wine Cake with Macerated Strawberries

Concord-grape wine—a traditional part of the Passover feast—gives this delightful spongecake a fruity, almost floral note.
April 2006
Keywords
passover,
dessert,
cakes,
eggs,
strawberry
recipes

Chocolate Decadence

Perhaps no other dessert typifies the excess of the 1980s more than this flourless chocolate cake—which makes for an interesting parallel to the fancy cakes of the 1880s.
February 2000
Keywords
rick ellis,
narsai david,
cakes,
dessert,
chocolate