This towering four-layer cake is creamy and slightly boozy. To pipe zigzags: Start at the base of the cake and pipe a 1 1/2-inch-wide zigzag of frosting up the side of the cake; To end, stop the ...

A classic crème pâtissière (vanilla pastry cream filling) is a creamy custard that is the perfect filling for cakes, eclairs, donuts, and tarts. It has a silky smooth texture and delicious vanilla ...

With this fun and customisable recipe, you can make and enjoy snowy skin mooncakes of any colour any day, and not just during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Start with the salted egg yolk custard filling.

German chocolate cake looks pretty good for 50 -- the combination of tangy-sweet layers and nutty custard is as irresistible as it was when the recipe was first published in a Texas newspaper back in ...

Mark Kurlansky is the author of "The Basque History of the World" (Penguin, 2001), among other books. His new book, "Boogaloo on Second Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music," will be published ...

With a second outlet in Chinatown (which is unfortunately temporarily closed at the time of writing), their handmade bakes and Chinese goodies are well received by both the older and younger ...