I can pinpoint the exact moment when I started to reconsider cake. For most of my life, I’d thought of it exclusively as a celebratory confection: to be eaten—for dessert, usually—on the occasion of a ...

When it comes to baking, filling, and decorating cakes, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of potential variations. A simple Victoria sponge filled with jam and sweetened cream; a spicy ginger cake ...