Everybody loves a good pecan pie. But if you really want to take things to the next level, make like the Barefoot Contessa and whip up a Chocolate Pecan Meringue Torte from her new book, Cook Like a ...

I'd never tasted — let alone baked — the dazzling plum torte from the New York Times, despite its firmly entrenched role in the national baking consciousness. Fortunately, my pal John rectified that ...

Looking for the perfect dessert to serve at your next get together? "Wow" your guests with this delicious chocolate truffle tort recipe! Butter an 8-inch springform pan. Place a parchment round in the ...

Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan and cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This ...

In August of 1983, Marian Burros published her recipe for a plum torte in the De Gustibus column of the New York Times. It was just one more of the weekly installments that she had been for years.

Make Marian Burros’ iconic Plum Torte, the most requested recipe in New York Times history. An easy, timeless cake ...

From 1987's 'Let's Bake with Beulah Ledner' cookbook by Maxine Wolchansky, Ledner's daughter. The 'Doberge Queen of New Orleans' adapted the famous Hungarian dobos torta to the local climate and gave ...

In a post for the Today show, Garten explained the origin of her chocolate pecan meringue torte recipe. “When my late friend Anna Pump came to the United States from Germany, she started a cooking ...

The Huguenot torte may have faded from the modern culinary traditions of Charleston, but some groups still keep the tradition of this sticky sweet cake alive. And it's neither French nor a tarte. The ...

Editor’s note: High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...