The small room at the back of Julbeans Coffee and Crepes was quiet at different points on Feb. 4 as eight learners concentrated on cutting and icing heart-shaped cakes. The group gathered at the ...

Like baking a cake and decorating it, writing and editing are two separate but complementary steps that must both be mastered to win the competition for your audience’s attention and affinity. I ...

Want to make your own wedding cake? Here are a few tips: * Find an inspiration. Take a look at some of the classic cake-making books and use one idea as your model. I like "Colette's Wedding Cakes" by ...

The day my 14-year old announced that she was going to make her cousin’s wedding cake was the day she changed the dynamics of our mother-daughter relationship. I’ve been a food professional for more ...

When I was in the ninth grade, I was enrolled in a home economics class as part of my school curriculum. In those days, this class consisted of varied topics, and there was no option to focus solely ...

From mountain ranges to intricate 3D floral patterns, imagination is the limit to what a cake can look like at Palo Alto’s ...

The other day I walked into our kitchen and started to do something I’ve done many times before. I pulled out my mixer, gathered the ingredients I needed and took a deep breath. I was about to bake a ...

Remind me to never play poker with Gerry Frank. He has an unbelievable poker face, or cake face in this case. Every time he takes a bite during his namesake Chocolate Layer Cake Contest at the Oregon ...

Dorie Greenspan's Cornmeal Skillet Cake With Strawberries (Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph) You’d have thought that someone of my age, which would be a certain age, would have learned long ago ...