This contest-winning German plum cake is as elegant as it is delicious, and it's incredibly easy to make. It's also a great ...

Over the next few days, the cake's flavors only intensified, growing more sweet, moist and chocolaty as time passed. So when I told my father-in-law, who would be visiting my home on his 70th birthday ...

I'd never tasted — let alone baked — the dazzling plum torte from the New York Times, despite its firmly entrenched role in the national baking consciousness. Fortunately, my pal John rectified that ...