A summer dessert, like the proverbial revenge, is best served cold. A refrigerator cake is the “great aunt” of such desserts — a little old-fashioned, yet exuding a bit of quiet elegance whenever she ...

Note: Mascarpone cheese, which comes in a small tub, is added for both flavor and to stabilize the whipped cream. The basic cake recipe, adapted slightly from "The King Arthur Flour Baking Companion," ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare and bake cake, according to package directions, in a 9- by 13-inch pan. 2. While cake is baking, dissolve cherry Jell-O in ¾ cup boiling water plus ½ cup cold ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Baking in the summer? Don’t do it unless you have to. Lollies on sticks in lurid colours, ice creams in cones ...

1. To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking pan or pans with parchment paper cut to fit, to aid in flipping the cake out of the pan. 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the ...

Note: Mascarpone cheese, which comes in a small tub, is added for both flavor and to stabilize the whipped cream. The basic cake recipe, adapted slightly from “The King Arthur Flour Baking Companion,” ...