Vanilla beans, extract, and paste ... oh my! Here's how to choose between these three products when it comes to baking cakes ...

Some cooking mistakes can be hidden by a simple name change, the idea being that if you present something confidently enough (and it doesn’t taste bad), your guests will be none the wiser. Di… ...

You don’t need any fancy equipment to make this beautiful sheet cake (and you don’t need to remember to soften your butter ...

Her Pinto Bean Cakes are so simple to make. You just mash up the cooked or canned beans with onion, spices, and a good amount of cornmeal, which helps bind them and also adds a welcome crunch to ...

3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons light brown sugar. 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened. 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped. 1/2 large pineapple—peeled, quartered, cored and sliced 1/3 inch thick ...

Long before babies were placed inside popular New Orleans king cakes, the Romans would bake fava beans inside of them, signaling someone had power of a king for the day.