We've rounded up the top cake recipes for baking and celebrating, from decadent layer cakes to simple sheet pans.

It’s a seafood boil in every bite! The Southern Comfort Funnel Cake Who said funnel cake had to be sweet? This savory masterpiece is topped with rich sausage gravy, taking Southern cuisine to a ...

Since 1966, the editors of Southern Living have ... (We said almost.) Salted caramel makes banana pudding feel even more special. You won't meet a fruit dessert as show-stopping as this warm-weather ...

while also adding richness and depth to the cake. Unsalted butter is the best choice, unless you have a salt tooth, like me, and prefer desserts with a little extra salt to balance out the sweetness.

Despite beginning the year with historic rainfall levels, an extended dry spell has covered Southern California since spring, bringing severe drought conditions that have fueled several large ...

“It’s Martha.” Each time I go to make a pot of my grandmother’s chili—cutting the recipe in half and still freezing most of it—I’m reminded of what Southern hospitality is supposed to be. It’s not ...

Catherine Jessee, Assistant Digital Food Editor at Southern Living, began her career with the magazine in ... as each butter brand adds a different amount of salt to their salted butters. Butter, it ...

Choose the right pan for your baking project. Choose a pan that's nonstick, metal, and not too dark. These features are important in baking a cake that releases cleanly from the pan. Avoid: Glass ...

to make a stunning layer cake. We also provide three different frosting options: salted caramel, spiced chocolate, and tahini, for three fun takes on a classic chocolate cake that feel fancy, but ...

In fact, she has all but convinced herself that the more she makes it, the closer she gets to her self-imposed pinnacle of Southern baking, which is her mother's caramel cake from Bainbridge, Georgia, ...

These classic layer cake recipes are as delicious as they are decorative. Try one of our best vanilla, chocolate, or citrus ...