JULIO AVILA CAN’T remember exactly when the tradition started, but tres leches cake has been his birthday dessert since boyhood. “I love tres leches. I always requested it, and my grandmother would ...

The British are good at many things, but they excel at cake. And while I am known as a diehard pie fan, while we were in London and Guernsey (an island in the English Channel), it was cake that made ...

Gone are the days when grabbing the piece of cake with the thickest slab of icing was my goal. Maybe tastes change as we age, but that kind of sweetness no longer appeals to me. But a rich, layered ...