Cakes are best stored in airtight tins rather than plastic boxes. Once a cake has been cut, the cut surfaces will start to dry. Covering them with a piece of aluminium foil minimises the effect.
The best fruit cakes are matured for at least a month and moistened or ‘fed’ from time to time with alcohol such as sherry, Madeira or brandy. Fruit cakes made solely from dried fruit will ...
The famous chocolate cake from the television show The Bear features an airy chocolate mousse layered between a fudgy chocolate cake and topped with a rich chocolate frosting. Though made famous ...
But if if you're looking to cut costs ahead of the big day, one place you can start is the wedding cake. Supermarket wedding cakes can help massively cut costs, and you don't need to make ...
San Francisco has strong bakeries slinging sourdough and folding croissants, but it isn’t a party without cake. Whether you’re putting in an order for a special occasion or just vicariously ...
Multi-layered, fancily decorated cakes tend to be reserved for special occasions but there’s no reason why this has to be the case. Take a fork to the superb slices on this list on any ol’ day ...
A new generation of bakers are reviving an old tradition. To illustrate this story, T asked two bakers to make cakes inspired by the women’s suffrage movement. The pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz ...
Your support makes all the difference. A new trend on TikTok – “hear me out cakes” – has people confessing their biggest and most chaotic crushes. The now-viral activity consists of ...