I associate October’s vibrant leaves with equally vibrant flavors: pumpkin spice (sorry to be a populist in this regard, but there you have it), ripe persimmons, roasted squash, savory stews and ...

This is what’s known as a dump cake, meaning you “dump” the ingredients into a baking pan, mix it, and pop it into the oven to bake. The result is a homey, moist cake flavored with apples, cinnamon, ...

This is the time of year many apple-lovers go into sugar overdrive with apple desserts. For those of us with a sweet tooth (everybody?), nothing quite beats a good applesauce cake, especially when it ...

The only thing more wonderful than baking for friends is baking with friends. Kitchen Scoop reader, Rick Herron of Corsicana, Texas sent not only a delightful and unusual cake recipe, but a wonderful ...

Backstory Among the kitchen crew at Kevin Gillespie’s Glenwood Park restaurant, Ward is the modernist—the one who likes to take recipes that are part of American pop culture (beef Wellington, ranch ...

Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan, line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan. Tap out excess flour. Combine the raisins and bourbon in a ...

A Christmas Eve dinner tradition in our family was our mother's applesauce cake. It was her substitute for fruitcake, which she seldom made. Some members of our family do not care for fruitcake, which ...

In the spirit of today’s coffeehouses, here are recipes to serve if you have friends over for coffee--or tea. Be sure to have a bowl of strawberries or finger-cut pineapple or melon to balance the mix ...

Lisa Goussetis, wife of the Rev. Alexander Goussetis of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, sent us her favorite recipe for dessert, applesauce cake. "My children request it often, and I make it ...

This is the time of year many apple-lovers go into sugar overdrive with apple-y desserts. For those of us with a sweet tooth (everybody?), nothing quite beats a good applesauce cake, especially when ...