If you've never made a sponge cake from scratch, this is a fantastic recipe to start your baking adventure. It is also a good base in our Boston Cream Pie. This recipe is wonderful because it doesn't require any tricky folding or separating of eggs usually required for making a good sponge cake. Baking the batter in two pans eliminated the need to slice a single cake horizontally before adding the filling. Another simple step for this classic cake is making a homemade cooked

A finished amazing centerpiece cake that is almost a foot tall is just the dramatic dessert that you'd expect in Texas! This cake has a shocking red color and an extra-tender cake piled high with fluffy cream cheese frosting. This recipe is remarkable. We achieve this by using yogurt that reacts with this recipe's baking soda to create a delicate, tender crumb. We used a smaller amount of cocoa that would add a darker color to the red cake while lending a subtle cocoa flavor.