Rum cake for breakfast? Don’t worry, the rum flavor is subtle and simply imparts a sweet spiciness to the tender pound cake. But for a non-alcoholic version, it’s okay to substitute the rum for an ...

Valerie Serao of Stony Point, N.Y., was looking for the recipe for a carrot cake that she thinks might have been published in The New York Times in the late 1970s. Through many moves over the years, ...

Claudia Hamm has held onto her Great-Aunt Emma Taylor’s boiled raisin cake for half a century and figures her aunt probably had it for another 50 years before that. “My brother and I loved it, and I ...

Valentine’s Day can be celebrated in many special ways from luxe to homey, and there are many flavors that can be brought into play to complement loving feelings. This caramel-glazed raisin cake is ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring sugar, coffee, butter, raisins and grated apple to a boil in a saucepan; boil for 10 minutes. Let cool. 2. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and nuts ...

Once you’ve settled in, enjoy this light version of the Caribbean-style fruitcake with a proper pot of English tea. Recipe adapted from the Naparima Girls’ High School Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, San ...

1. Grease and flour two 9-inch layer cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves. 2. Add mayonnaise, milk and ...

Robert L. Connelly of Baltimore wrote that when he was a kid his grandmother raised him and “She made the best Raisin Cake in the world. It was so thick, you had to scrape the batter off the spoon as ...

1: Grease a deep 9-inch square baking pan. Line bottom and sides with parchment. 2: On a floured work surface, roll out an 8-ounce piece of dough into a 9-inch square. Fold the dough into quarters and ...

Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4. Butter a loose-bottom cake tin about 20cm x 8 cm (8in x 3 ¼ in). Line the base and sides with baking paper, and also cut out a circle for the top of the cake. In ...