Any excuse to bake a cake is a good one, but birthdays are especially deserving of a special treat. Still, crafting a bakery-worthy homemade cake takes a lot of time and effort, not to mention the ...

What’s the difference between a muffin and a cupcake, I asked a pastry chef friend of mine one day while devouring one of his opulently buttery lemon poppy seed muffins. “Nothing,” he said, explaining ...

Ingredient note: The original called for whole wheat – these muffins were the perfect consistency with AP – if you go with whole wheat I would add a little more milk and a little more baking soda As ...

A pile of sad, over-ripe bananas, almost but not quite rotting in the fruit bowl, snagged my attention this week. No matter how hard I try to anticipate what foods will be loved or despised by my ...