No matter what age we turn, the thrill of blowing out candles on a cake remains the same as when we were kids. But be honest ...

What is rum cake, you may ask? Well, it is a yellow cake enhanced with dark rum and soaked in a buttered rum sauce, making this dessert a perfect holiday treat.

Now, I make it from scratch: a rich yellow butter cake with lots of egg yolks, a generous glug of vanilla and a secret dash of almond extract. My homemade version scratches that nostalgic itch.

A classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting is hard to hate Skip the boxed cakes, and make a yellow cake from scratch, with real chocolate frosting.

While most gooey butter cake recipes now start with a packages of cake mix and cream cheese, Allrecipes community member shirleyo’s version takes the classic back to its from-scratch roots. Her recipe ...

For yellow cake, egg yolks also add a deep yellow color. Eggs contribute to the volume of a cake, too. So an egg-free cake needs more of all of the other ingredients to make the same amount of sponge.