Mastering a cake recipe shouldn’t be intimidating, yet if you’ve ever attempted a cake from scratch — or at least watched a season or two of “Bake Off” contestants sweat it out in the tent — then ...

Baking your kid’s birthday cake is a rite of passage for many moms. If you have any sort of skill in the kitchen, making a cake doesn’t sound impossible. But we’ve all seen a birthday cake fail or two ...