Please hit me with your best butterscotch cake/dessert recipes. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 21, 2009 - 7 answers

I recently started working with fondant and have made 2 practice cakes now in preparation for making my son's groom's cake for his wedding at the end of this month. I pretty much have the whole rolling it out and draping it over the cake part down, but I can't get it to look smooth & glossy like it does in the pictures and videos I have studied. [more inside]
posted by PrettyGeekAtx on Oct 19, 2009 - 8 answers

My lovely castle cake pan is sadly suffering from disuse. Help me out with your favorite bundt cake recipes and glazes. [more inside]
posted by misha on Sep 28, 2009 - 13 answers

What's the difference between good buttercream icing and old fashioned birthday cake icing? [more inside]
posted by kdern on Sep 10, 2009 - 19 answers

I just made a chocolate birthday cake that fell apart when I took it out of the pan. What now? [more inside]
posted by zinfandel on Sep 7, 2009 - 13 answers

In Jude the Obscure, Jude turns to creating and selling Christminster Cakes, pastry representations of Chrstminster, Hardy’s stand-in for Oxford. What would one of these cakes actually look like? How can I make one? [more inside]
posted by Doug on Aug 5, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm looking for fat-free (or super low-fat, like under a gram per reasonably-sized serving) recipes for baked goods that you've personally made and enjoyed. Cookies, cakes, quick breads, etc. are all fair game. Bonus points for chocolate stuff. [more inside]
posted by vytae on Jul 9, 2009 - 17 answers

I have never baked in my entire life. Now I must bake an amazing cake. Halp plz n thnks! [more inside]
posted by DeltaForce on Jul 6, 2009 - 40 answers

I've made four cakes, and two of them have fallen. Enough with all the plates of beans -- please help me overthink (and correct) my cakes. [more inside]
posted by Ms. Saint on Jun 26, 2009 - 11 answers

How can I include Mountain Dew as an ingredient in baked goods? [more inside]
posted by santojulieta on Jun 13, 2009 - 15 answers

Calling all bakers! On the look-out for fabulous, creative and complicated cake recipes. [more inside]
posted by nonmerci on Feb 20, 2009 - 31 answers

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake recipes, please! [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Feb 13, 2009 - 7 answers

I want to whip up an applesauce cake this afternoon for Rosh Hashanah (this recipe specifically). However, I don't have light rum. What can I use as a substitute that will make my cake just as yummy? [more inside]
posted by leesh on Sep 29, 2008 - 11 answers

Bakingfilter: Fridge to oven? No problemo or madness? I want to bake a cake tonight (a pflaumenkuchen) that's been sitting in the fridge all day. Do I need to let it warm up to room temp before I bake it (recipe says 350 F for 40-45 min) or can it go straight from the fridge into the oven? It's in a metal pan, so I'm not worried about anything breaking. Burning the cake would be a sad thing, however.
posted by longdaysjourney on Aug 25, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I modify a sponge cake recipe to make it lighter? Not in terms of fat content... i mean "air content"-wise. How do I make a cake as fluffy as possible? [more inside]
posted by cheemee on Aug 4, 2008 - 14 answers

Give me your best non-froofy Devil's Food Cake recipes, please. [more inside]
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks on Jul 26, 2008 - 7 answers

how safe are cakes baked in mason jars? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 13, 2008 - 13 answers

Recommend cheap, delicious/impressive, easy-in-large-batch (cup)cake recipes, methods, or mixes. [more inside]
posted by alpha_betty on Jun 18, 2008 - 15 answers

Can my batch of (sorta)buttercream frosting be saved? [more inside]
posted by tuff on May 29, 2008 - 14 answers

After 50 years of success, my Mom's favorite chocolate cake recipe is now failing to meet expectations. Betty Crocker blames Crisco, and Crisco denies blame. Not only do the cakes not rise like before, they tend to sag in the middle. It's a devil's food recipe from the original BC Cookbook, and she has been using the same ingredients forever. I calibrated the oven, and even watched her make one to insure it wasn't due to an error by a sometimes forgetful 84 year old baking Ninja. Any ideas on how Mom can get her Mojo back?
posted by lobstah on Apr 8, 2008 - 18 answers

Whenever I make a cake or pie in a baking dish, I always find that once it's done, I always wreck the first piece while trying to get the first piece out of the dish and onto a plate. After the first piece, getting subsequent pieces out is easy but that first piece is impossile. But there must be a way! Share your tips on how to get the first piece of pie/cake out of the baking dish and onto a plate without destroying it!
posted by Effigy2000 on Dec 24, 2007 - 15 answers

Is it possible to create edible ink for an edible silkscreen? [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Mar 23, 2007 - 11 answers

Two questions about baking. [more inside]
posted by Medieval Maven on Mar 1, 2007 - 13 answers

My wife is thinking about starting a cake making business for kid's cakes. She is planning on buying a bunch of molds (like a ducky mold) and then putting the animal on a sheet cake. [more inside]
posted by rdurbin on Oct 22, 2006 - 15 answers

What's the best vegan substitute for lard? [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library on Oct 8, 2006 - 30 answers

What sort of stuff do I need to bake a big sheet cake? [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Jul 19, 2006 - 14 answers

How do I alter this cake recipe to bake successfully at low altitude? [more inside]
posted by onhazier on Apr 12, 2006 - 9 answers

What's the best way to keep a cake from going stale? [more inside]
posted by bpt on Apr 5, 2006 - 14 answers

How can I prevent my cake from being dome like? [more inside]
posted by benjh on Feb 20, 2006 - 20 answers

Are you an expert cake baker who can tell me why my cakes are exploding? [more inside]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy on Dec 20, 2005 - 25 answers

Cake emergency! Bakers please hope me! It's my husband's birthday, and I want to actually make him a cake for a change, but I can't find cake pans where I am for some reason... So, I finally got hold of a couple of pans that look like they might do, but they aren't the right size... [more inside]
posted by taz on Apr 16, 2005 - 19 answers

Cake! I'm looking for a fabulous, over-the-top cake recipe for my Mother-In-Law's birthday. [more inside]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy on Sep 30, 2004 - 20 answers