Also called yellow butter cake, yellow cake is the quintessential vanilla-flavored cake that’s beloved for layered birthday cakes and casual snacking cakes alike. It gets its golden color primarily ...

When pound cake became a thing in the mid 1700s, the recipe was as simple and dense as the name implies: one pound each of butter, eggs, sugar, and flour. Butter is the key ingredient for good pound ...

Maybe it’s because it looks impressive, or because it takes some effort to bake, but nothing says “special occasion” quite like cake. And with so many things to celebrate (birthdays! weddings!