As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

I consider myself a bit of a cake expert, and in my professional opinion this recipe for yellow cake with chocolate frosting is the best birthday cake. It’s the perfect balance of ultra-fluffy, ...

As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

I’d like to bring up the topic of gooey butter cake. It's a sugary exploration of textures, a fascinating study of human ingenuity, and a dessert you can honestly describe as “cloying” without ...

Enter the birthday cake. Even folks who rarely bake will whip up a birthday cake for someone they love. My dad’s birthday is just two days before mine, so we often celebrated together when I was a kid ...

Martin Sorge cuts a slice of his egg-free, yellow cake with chocolate frosting at his Chicago home on April 9, 2025. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS As a professional recipe developer focused on ...