We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Making even the simplest cakes can sometimes be fickle. Baking is a science, and not paying attention to details like measurements, rest times ...

Edited version of a story first published Dec. 15, 2009: This old-fashioned charmer is from Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters by Marilynn Brass & Sheila Brass (Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95).

Vietnam's steamed tapioca cake, known for its chewy texture and green-and-yellow layers, has secured a place among the ...

This cake from chef-owner Kathy Fang of Fang, a modern Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s SoMa district, is one of her family’s favorite desserts during Lunar New Year celebrations, which fall on ...

Make sure you have a wok and lid big enough to accommodate a 22 to 23 centimetre round cake tin. Place a cooling rack in the wok to sit the baking tin on. Fill with enough water so there's about two ...

Every afternoon, it is common to see Hanoians wandering into small alleys in search of snacks. The small eatery is located deep inside an alley, where customers can sit inside or outside the house.

The simplest way to transform a ho-hum sweet into something that jumps out at customers is to make it look like a different foodstuff altogether. I've lost count of how many bland creampuff-like ...

Everytime someone serves fishcakes, I can't help thinking how nice it would be if they were made with meat! Well here it is. It works with beef mince or lamb mince, but the 'veal' mince is best ...