It's hard to improve on a tried and true classic like chocolate cake. But this recipe succeeds because it combines salty and sweet caramel buttercream with the moist, fluffy, chocolaty cake layers.

When the weather starts to get cool, the first thing I want to do bake. I love turning on the oven and letting the warmth fill my house. This pound cake creates the most delicious pumpkin spice aroma ...

This cake is delicious and reminds us of the good old days; it was my father's favorite. There is no tricky preparation, no crusts, no elaborate ingredients. You probably have everything in your house ...

Mildred Corbett replied to a request for caramel icing, mentioning that she uses it to ice her hot-milk cake. Hot-milk cake? I had to have that recipe, too. It's a beloved American classic and reminds ...

Make Martha Stewart's Caramel Buttercream Layer Cake featured in the "Sponge Cake" episode of Martha Bakes. Using a serrated knife, halve each cake horizontally to form 2 layers. Transfer 1 layer to a ...

This double-layered carrot cake with a creamy caramel-like icing is pretty special. One of the really nice things about it is that the sponge is very light so you feel incredibly energised after ...

In the Southern Kitchen series Saving Southern Recipes, Associate Editor Kate Williams explores the deep heritage of Southern cooking through the lens of passed-down family recipes. Unless you grew up ...

This impressive cake is encased in a fudge-like caramel frosting. Pastry chef Lisa Donovan adapted it from a recipe by Southern cooking doyenne Edna Lewis. Lisa Donovan is a James Beard Award-winning ...