I'm as big a fan as anyone of heavy, butter-rich cakes – fat slices of madeira, Victoria sandwiches and doorstop wedges of fondant-covered birthday cake. I've even adopted "more butter is better" as a ...

THE Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and it’s got us all inspired in the kitchen. But what is the infamous genoise sponge all about, and how do you go about making one..? A Genoise sponge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the infamous cake week, we watched the Great British Bake Off contestants tackle not just one genoise sponge but THREE ...

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One of the requests from my culinary students this year was to make sponge cake. To be honest, it isn't my favourite cake to prepare, preferring rustic madeira-style cakes topped with seasonal fruit.

When autumn comes, a whole new season of entertaining begins. Small dinner parties, club and charity meetings, cocktail get-togethers, big holiday open houses. No matter the size and type of event, a ...

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 ...

The light and fluffy multi-tiered sponge cake has many forms and variations THE Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and it’s got us all inspired in the kitchen. But what is the infamous ...