Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. 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 ...

I don’t know what I was thinking. I promised my 13-year-old daughter that a big part of our trip to Scotland would be visiting tearooms and sampling the baked goods. Then, I said, we’d get the recipes ...

Oatmeal cake, crumble topping: Kelsey Nixon will sweeten up your day Kelsey Nixon of Cooking Channel’s “Kelsey’s Homemade” shows us how to make her oatmeal cake with cinnamon-pecan crumble, and ...

It's the day to bake an Oatmeal Cake, dear cooks. And, as usual, our readers have supplied variations of the recipe, so there's a choice to make. Among those responding: -- M.L.M. of Aledowrites: ''I ...

Q. I’ve lost the recipe for my favorite cake, an oatmeal cake with broiled icing. Can you find one like this? A. Broiling the coconut icing creates a toasty caramel crust. This recipe is from “Butter ...

Some cakes are an architectural feast for the eyes, precisely constructed and splendidly decorated in eatable bling for a wedding, birthday or other special occasion. Others are more like grandma's ...

My dad loved date bars – those old-fashioned cookies with a sticky fruit filling. Mother would make them so often that, even today, I see the kitchen I was raised in whenever I nibble one. If you’re a ...