Pound Cake I’ve always called this a pound cake. According to my mother’s recipe notes, though, it was my Aunt Mildred’s “plain cake.” Maybe she used that name because she never glazed or frosted ...

Vanilla, plain vanilla--it’s the flavor Americans just can’t object to. We smell it and we think of comfortable home cooking. Rosewater, though, is strange and exotic. Many even find it oddly ...

There’s a reason this easy 1930s recipe, topped with caramel and coconut, has been around for so long. By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark loves to bake vintage cake recipes. My new favorite cake has a ...