Use this recipe, or any other cake recipe — even a boxed mix will do. What makes this cake exciting is the surprise element, not the actual recipe. Then again, if it tastes like sawdust, that’s not ...

When the cold months roll in, there’s nothing better than baking something sweet and cozy. Winter cakes have a special way of filling the kitchen with scents that make everyone feel right at home.

Join Zaynab Issa as she makes a simple preserved-lemon tea cake in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen, a recipe that put her on the path to joining the BA staff. I'm an Associate Food Editor here at Bon ...