Lane Cake For many decades, Lane cake primarily remained the province of a small swatch of the Deep South - Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It wasnt until the mid 20th century that it began appearing in national cookbooks. Its 1960 mention in To Kill a Mockingbird helped to spread its popularity to other areas of […]
Black Forest Cake Black Forest cakes began appearing in the United States in the early 1960s. Unlike most other European tortes, Black Forest cake was widely adopted by Americans, who soon proffered it in bakeries and upscale restaurants and made versions at home. The recipe quickly moved from American cookbooks featuring German fare to generic […]
Molten Chocolate Cakes Two differing accounts of the origin of this cake have been ascribed to chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten: one credits his mother for teaching him the dish, while the other claims it was the result of the chef accidentally removing a chocolate torte from the oven before it was completely done.