Maybe because she’s too busy partying in her Manolo Blahnik shoes, punk princess Marie Antoinette, as conceived by filmmaker Sofia Coppola, never offers cake to the angry rabble. But she does put away ...

When I learned that baking powder wasn’t invented until the late 1840s, I wondered how cakes ― which need some type of leavening agent to produce a fluffy, soft crumb ― used to get made. Ancient Roman ...

Based on a coffee syrup-soaked genoise sponge (thought to have originated in Italy) and layered with coffee buttercream, this French classic is the perfect cake for a celebration. Credit: Alan Benson ...