Mary Berry is an iconic British baker and a former host of "The Great British Baking Show." I recently made her staple lemon drizzle tray bake, which has been a hit since the 1960s. The recipe is ...

The best way to start making homemade sweets? Follow these basic instructions and tips. Credit...Photographs by Joseph De Leo For The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. Supported by By ...

Our recipe starts with all the dry ingredients in a bowl—your flour, your baking powder, your salt, etc. (Sugar, while usually treated as a “wet” ingredient, is in there too.) To this mixture we add ...

But while her gifts as a poet are clear here, she expresses the opposite of what baking can do. A birthday cake brings back the joy of childhood, maybe even raises hope, and baking beloved recipes ...