This cake has confetti inside and outside ... That’s what our Test Kitchen did for its best-ever vanilla birthday cake. A naked cake is completely bare (or nearly so) on the outside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 11x11 square pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside. In a ...

I remember asking my mother how they got that perfect stripe inside of the cake ... 12 photos of different cake mixes. There was a chocolate one and a vanilla one. There was a yellow butter ...

Stir in the vanilla, followed by the ... Serve warm in the mug with ice cream, cake frosting or a dollop of jam or lemon curd. If you want to make a birthday cake for one, add 1–2 teaspoons ...

This dinosaur-themed children’s birthday cake is ... into the 150g/5½oz vanilla buttercream you set aside earlier. Spread a thin layer onto the 40cm/16in cake board or platter.