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Want a Cake to Impress? Make This Vietnamese Classic.

Showstopping bánh bò nướng, tinted jade from aromatic pandan paste, is both comfort and delight to whoever encounters it.

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How a Cake Became a National Obsession

For many Jamaicans, lychee cake is the taste of celebration. Its origin tells the history of Chinese immigration to the…

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The Perfect Cake Does Not Exi … Is That Buttermilk Tres Leches?

An Appalachian twist on a classic Latin American dessert connects cultures and identities for a pastry chef.

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Love Dessert but Hate Cuteness? Goth Cakes May Be for You.

As a teenager, the Viennese food stylist and baker Sophia Stolz, 29, was often befuddled by the fancy, prim desserts…

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This Impressive Cake Has Many Layers

Strawberry cake, a Southern staple, is full of meaning.

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Can a 50-Year-Old Idea Save Democracy?

The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the…

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How Did Black Forest Cake Become the World’s Favorite Dessert?

It’s a classic Trinidadian dessert — a chocolate cake soaked in overproof rum and topped with swoops of ultrapasteurized whipped…

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Give Fondant a Chance

LAST SPRING, THE British baker Sarah Hardy happened upon a painting by the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero, “Feliz Cumpleaños”…

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This Cake Maker Finds Beauty in Change, Time and Even Life and Death

A decade ago, Jasmine Rae de Lung, a San Francisco-based cake maker, wanted to test out some new decorating elements.…

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The Longer This Cake Soaks, the Better It Is

The faint bitterness of Thai tea gets absorbed into tres leches, checking the sweetness, so it’s just enough.

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