When April Long was 13 years old and living in Greenville, she befriended a girl who lived in Florence. “In 1962, it was a big deal to have an out-of-town friend you could write to and visit,” recalls ...

Here's a pro baker's secret that you can easily use at home to make the best chocolate cake: Bloom the cocoa powder. Blooming ...

Learn the top 20 cake recipes that Southern Living readers believe are the best of all time, from Hummingbird Cake to Million Dollar Pound Cake.

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Rub the inside of a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan very lightly with vegetable oil. Line the pan with a sheet of parchment paper long enough to come above the edges by a couple ...

Geographically speaking, the South Pasadena kitchen where Craig Strong is cooking this December afternoon is only a few miles from the elaborately outfitted kitchen and Michelin-starred ...

It would be impossible to count the number of spectacular, made-from-scratch cakes our Southern grandmothers have baked over the years. When it came to everyday occasions, Grandma always knew the best ...

Though they’re ubiquitous today, oranges were once a rare luxury reserved for special occasions. The sunny winter crop brought something extra to the stockings on Christmas morning before rail ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease pan and dust lightly with cocoa powder. Cake can be prepared in a bundt pan, sheet cake pan, round cake pans, or you can make cupcakes! In a large mixing bowl, ...

We love pound cake and we love chocolate, but the combination is often a disappointment. That’s because most recipes simply add chocolate to a standard pound cake recipe, which mars its finely tuned ...

We love pound cake and we love chocolate, but the combination is often a disappointment. That’s because most recipes simply add chocolate to a standard pound cake recipe, which mars its finely tuned ...

I always assumed that to make a chocolate cake as chocolatey as possible, you need to add a lot of melted chocolate and use the expensive high-quality stuff. Imagine my surprise when I learned on my ...