Fresh lemon — including the juice and the peel — is one of my all-time favorite ingredients, in part because it’s just so versatile. It can be the star of the show (as in this recipe) or a brilliant ...

The 3-ingredient raspberry cream cheese frosting might just be my favorite cake topping of all time.

Editor’s note: Living in the Colorado high country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level.

You won’t be able to tell from the taste, but this is a (relatively) low-fat dessert. Some recipes for Lemon Raspberry Pudding Cake use butter, but my mother, who introduced me to this recipe, never ...

Pastry chef Meghan McGarry’s raspberry lemon ruffle cake is bright and full of color — exactly what you would think of when you think of a mom’s love. And when Meghan thinks of Mother’s Day, the first ...

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice. 2 tablespoons superfine granulated sugar. 4 ounces cream cheese (don’t use non-fat), room temperature. 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons bleached, all-purpose flour, spoon and ...

Editor's note: This recipe was published Dec. 29, 1999. Mary Jo Grunewald, New Berlin, requested the recipe for a raspberry cake served at George Watts Tea Room, 761 N. Jefferson St. She wrote: "My ...

Growing up, my ideal birthday cake knew no season. Funfetti cake (from the boxed mix, naturally) or Dairy Queen ice cream cake for me, please. I still have a sweet spot for both of those, but now that ...