I've never, not once, not even against my own child while I was actually trying, won a game of checkers. I have a stubbornly clear childhood memory of playing checkers with my brother and getting into ...

1 box chocolate cake mix, batter mixed according to package instructions 1 box vanilla cake mix, batter mixed according to package instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two ...

Last week, I became mesmerized by this video of Elise, from the blog My Cupcake Addiction, making an incredible looking Rainbow Checkerboard Cake. I must have watched it five or six times. The cake ...

Bakers, you may start your ovens. Longtime readers of this column know that there are definite patterns to the subject matter. Some have to do with ingredients. Apples ripen in the autumn, so you can ...

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Have you ever seen one of those striking checkerboard cakes and wondered “How’d they do that?” As some of you already know, checkerboard cakes are created with the help of a ringed cake divider — a ...

To celebrate the new year, for as long as I can remember, my mom has baked a cake called punch torte, a tradition started in her family back in the former Czechoslovakia. "At midnight, we pour ...

Leave it to Pat LeGrone at the Crimson Inn Bed and Breakfast in Tuscaloosa to come up with something wonderful for every holiday. Valentine's Day is no exception. She makes a beautifully decorated ...

We may not be master cake decorators, but we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves to make our confections look good. Like a simple technique for frosting like a pro and now this method for creating a ...

To celebrate the new year, for as long as I can remember, my mom has baked a cake called punch torte, a tradition started in her family back in the former Czechoslovakia. "At midnight, we pour ...