Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Heralded as “the first new cake in 100 years” when it was introduced, the chiffon cake -- one of the darlings of midcentury cuisine -- became famous for its wonderfully light and airy texture, ...

My favorite mornings growing up, I’d wake to the sounds of Mom busy in the kitchen, rolling out freshly risen dough as a pot of oil heated on the stove. I could soon tell by the aromas wafting through ...

There’s no such thing as too much pumpkin during the fall season, and this cake is proof of how much we love it. This fall twist on coffee cake doubles down on the seasonal squash and features it in ...

There are some combinations that are a match made in heaven. Think surf and turf, chocolate and peanut butter, dinner and dessert. As for the latter, Martha Stewart, author of Martha Stewart’s Cake ...

Sweet, tart, crunchy, airy — these camera-ready chocolate doughnuts are strikingly delicious. What makes a cruller different from a doughnut? A traditional cruller is a type of doughnut or cakey fried ...