21 Layer Cake Recipes From Chocolate to Lemon Poppy Seed. Whether you stack together two cake layers or six, bringing any one of these showstopping cakes to the table is an act of pure joy.

Southern cake bakers are a breed apart. ... brown-sugar aroma, velvety yellow cake layers and creamy caramel frosting. It's an old recipe, says Reutter, who now lives in Annapolis, ...

The perfect coconut cake should be layered, with creamy, coconutty custard alternating with cake. Here’s a recipe. Serves 12 to 16 (makes two 8-inch cakes) This recipe calls for 8 eggs, divided ...

Recipe: Proof Bakery’s chocolate espresso layer cake. There is a certain irony operating here. Ma, a Glendale native who opened Proof Bakery in 2010, is not really a cake person.

Minetta Tavern's Coconut Cake . Yields 1 very tall 9-inch cake, serves about 20. This recipe, adapted from the one served at Minetta Tavern, is involved, but the results are worth it.

1. Stack it evenly. Some cakes dome when baked. Stacking cakes with rounded tops means less stability and an uneven-looking result. Get down to eye level with your cake layer, then use a long ...