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Hot Bake: Recipes for Bread, Pastries, Desserts & More

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

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When childhood friends Tom Oxford and Oliver Coysh opened Exploding Bakery in Exeter, U.K. more than a decade ago, their goal was to create incredible brownies and traybakes, or the U.K. dessert that resembles bar cookies.

Ring in Fall with This Stunning Apple Cake

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In a world where cakes are molded into the facsimile of a Chinese takeout box bursting with chow mein or perhaps a realistic rendition of a bowling ball, it’s soothing when cakes are simply cakes.

When Did Cakes Become so Sexy?

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My first memory of an icebox cake is making a DIY version in my kitchen during summer vacation when I was nine.

Why Icebox Cakes Have Truly Never Gone Out of Style

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Hot dogs and burgers might be the usual cookout suspects.

Be the Cookout Hero with This Skillet Blueberry Cornbread

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Carrot cake is one of those classic recipes that never dares to get rewritten—an old-school, just-like-grandma-made dessert that, despite its vegetal connotations, is loaded with sugar.

This Recipe Proves That Carrot Cake Can Be Far from Boring

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Dolly Parton and Duncan Hines Are Dropping  Southern-Inspired Cake Mixes

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Cheez-Its are an American delicacy, but the jury's out on whether Cheez-It cake carries the same appeal.

Cheez-It Is Selling Cracker-Topped Cakes for Its 100th Birthday

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Blue Diamond, one of America's most recognizable almond growers, is ready to test Betty Crocker fans' loyalty with the reveal of its new almond flour–based baking kits.

Blue Diamond Just Dropped a Line of Almond Flour Baking Mixes

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Your summer is suddenly looking a lot more festive thanks to a certain dynamic duo—@ing you, Pfizer and Moderna.

This Bakery Is Selling 'Just Vaccinated' Cakes

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Duncan Hines is rolling out a line of Epic Baking Kits to give people more easy desserts to bake at home.

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Ring in Fall with This Stunning Apple Cake

This autumnal beauty hails from British bakers Tom Oxford and Oliver Coysh new cookbook ‘Bake It, Slice It, Eat It’.

When Did Cakes Become so Sexy?

Bakers are breaking from the stuffy confines of confection decoration.

Why Icebox Cakes Have Truly Never Gone Out of Style

From 1920s housewives to TikTok creators, bakers continue to embrace this cold treat.

Be the Cookout Hero with This Skillet Blueberry Cornbread

Fresh berries. Hot pan. Can’t lose.

This Recipe Proves That Carrot Cake Can Be Far from Boring

Minnesota restaurant Brim uses coconut whip frosting and maple syrup for this springtime staple.

Dolly Parton and Duncan Hines Are Dropping Southern-Inspired Cake Mixes

A limited number of Dolly Parton baking kits will also be available.

Cheez-It Is Selling Cracker-Topped Cakes for Its 100th Birthday

Each cake is made with a full box of Cheez-It crackers.

Blue Diamond Just Dropped a Line of Almond Flour Baking Mixes

Gluten-free & dairy-free doesn't have to mean pleasure-free.

This Bakery Is Selling 'Just Vaccinated' Cakes

Get your shots, celebrate with cake.

Duncan Hines' New Fruity Pebbles Cake Takes Funfetti to the Next Level

And that's not the only new baking kit coming to stores near you.

How These Bakers Are Taking a Caribbean Holiday Tradition Nationwide

“Rum cake means celebrations and a special connection to my Caribbean culture and heritage.”