The most elaborate cakes you can bake tend to have multiple tiers, the better to show off elaborate decorations as well as incorporate different flavors. Before you start piling up the layers, though, ...

You won’t find it in many modern gourmet cookbooks, but you might run across it in a southeastern Kentucky grandmother’s recipe collection. Stack cakes, a treat found in certain parts of Kentucky and ...

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's time to set aside any caloric anxiety, don the stretchy pants, and begin planning for the Christmas meal. Here's a hint. Apple Stack Cake should be on the menu.

Molly Yeh is a food blogger and cookbook author who has contributed numerous recipes to Food & Wine and is the host of the Food Network show Girl Meets Farm. Freezing the cake layers for at least an ...