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Poke cakes are steeped in tradition. But New York City recipe developer Jason Schreiber’s soaked cakes have an undeniably modern sensibility. This one, from his best-selling cookbook, “Fruit Cake: ...

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter with sugars until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg, and beat well. In a medium bowl, stir ...

You’re right: This cake isn’t pretty. But you may forgive its lack of eye appeal when you experience its sticky, gooey texture and bittersweet molasses and cider flavor. A cross between a spice cake ...

This dense, rich cake from Joan Aller's forthcoming cookbook, "Cider Beans, Wild Greens and Dandelion Jelly" (a collection of recipes from southern Appalachia due out in June), is remarkably easy to ...

A backpacker emerges from a wooden trail atop a molasses crumb cake to find a disturbingly large footprint. For my oldest brother’s birthday this month, I mixed my love of Legos and baking to ...

Douglas Sloan of Sevierville, Tenn., was looking for a recipe for a molasses cake similar to the one his mother used to make. Kathleen Kosinski of North East, Md., sent in a recipe she found in her ...

Braised shanks, a carrot salad and a molasses ginger cake: This cozy menu from David Tanis, drawing from North Africa, is sure to warm. By David Tanis It’s chilly. I want a fire in the hearth and a ...