Nothing creates magic in the kitchen quite like baking a cake. The simple act of mixing flour, sugar, and butter transforms ordinary ingredients into something extraordinary. Each time you open the ...
Cakes are best stored in airtight tins rather than plastic boxes. Once a cake has been cut, the cut surfaces will start to dry. Covering them with a piece of aluminium foil minimises the effect.
The best fruit cakes are matured for at least a month and moistened or ‘fed’ from time to time with alcohol such as sherry, Madeira or brandy. Fruit cakes made solely from dried fruit will ...
According to the New England Historical Society, the first recipe ... cakes. “I first became aware of election cake from its predecessor, a colonial-era cake called ‘muster cake’ which was ...