This moist banana layer cake with rich brown butter cream cheese frosting is a deliciously easy dessert perfect for any occasion.

Mascarpone is an Italian cheese that's superrich, delicate and creamy. Here, it's simply blended with confectioners' sugar to create a sublime, snow-white frosting. For the best results, try to buy ...

A great chocolate cake goes like this: Start with a layer of devil’s food cake, nearly obsidian dark from Valrhona cocoa powder. Then add a thick strata of buttercream, another of chocolate crémeux, ...

Proof’s justly famous chocolate espresso cake is three exquisite layers of cake, crémeux and buttercream, topped with bittersweet chocolate glaze. It is a simple cake, refined for a layer cake, and ...

Indulge your senses and satisfy your sweet tooth with the heavenly delight of a chocolate fudge cake. Imagine sinking your ...

Even the most fastidious pastry chef (I may or may not have two pairs of culinary tweezers, X-Acto knives, and a protractor in my kitchen drawer) can acknowledge the charm of an imperfect-looking ...

Some folks believe it was the late Frances Kitching, an innkeeper on the island, who called for the cake to be 10 layers, as it is in this recipe. Adapted from "Mrs. Kitching's Smith Island Cookbook," ...