I’ve always called this a pound cake. According to my mother’s recipe notes, though, it was my Aunt Mildred’s “plain cake.” Maybe she used that name because she never glazed or frosted it—just served ...

This plain, buttery cake, full of berries, is my top pick for snacking on a summer afternoon. Because the berries in the batter tend to sink to the bottom when the cake bakes, scatter more berries on ...

On Petitchef, some recipes clearly stand out from the crowd. Not because they're complicated or spectacular, but because they ...

A plain, boring white cake from the supermarket isn’t much to look at, no matter how tasty it is, and we don’t always have the time (or patience) to whip up a beautiful masterpiece from scratch. This ...