Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I am a decidedly mediocre baker and an even ...

With caramel notes from brown sugar, seafoam frosting is a dreamy, cloudlike meringue frosting for all your cake and cupcake ...

This chocolate cake with marshmallow creme frosting is a heavenly combination.

Two layers of moist, lemony olive oil cake are stacked together with a fluffy and rich lemon-cream cheese frosting for this easy dessert. Layers of delicate flavors from lemon, honey, and extra-virgin ...

Mix egg substitute or yolks, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and cocoa mixture; ...

Cream cheese as Americans know it dates back to the late 1800s, when a businessman named William Lawrence started the brand Philadelphia. A hundred-plus years later it’s become all but synonymous with ...

Carrot cake, that 1970s favorite, had a newer audience at luxe restaurants like Manhattan's Le Bernardin in 2013, when pastry chef Jodi Elliot served the ultimate version. With only four ingredients — ...