Cranberry and Cornmeal Ricotta Cake
This is a rustic cake inspired by Zoe Nathan of the Rustic Canyon restaurants in Santa Monica, California, This cake has the...
Hawaiian Chantilly Cake
Chantilly cake is uniquely Hawaiian. It originated in the 1950's, in Oahu, at a bakery called Liliha Bakery. It is a chocolate cake with...
John Egerton's Pound Cake
John Edgerton wrote a cookbook in 1987 called Southern Food. He was a Southern scholar of history, civil rights, race, and food. He...
Robert Redford Cake
"In the late 1970's, when actor Robert Redford was in New York and dining in Hisae's restaurant in Greenwich Village, he supposedly was...
Ocracoke Fig Cake
Fig preserves are special on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, especially Ocracoke Island. "This is where figs grow prolifically, where...
Mother Ann's Birthday Cake
"The inspiration for this cake recipe was Ann Lee, or Mother Ann, the founder of the American Shaker religious movement who emigrated...
Lois's Original Plum Torte
In the 1980's, Marian Burros shared her recipe for the Plum Torte in the New York Times. It became one of the most requested recipes, so...
Chocolate Earthquake Cake 1980-1999
This is a flourless chocolate cake that rises in the oven due to the beaten egg whites, and then falls and cracks as it cools. In the...
Silver Palate Carrot Cake
One of the first printed recipes for carrot cake in America, was in Portland Oregon, in 1912, by the Council of Jewish Women. Carrot Cake...
Moosewood Cardamom Coffee Cake
A Cornell student, named Mollie Katzen, helped to start a mostly vegetarian restaurant, in Ithaca New York, in 1973. They focused on...
