Like a fancy Fig Newton, this cake balances honey-sweetened jammy figs with toasty, bitter rye flour in a simple two-layer cake covered in a thin layer of brown butter frosting. Some of the jam — ...

I stood at the kitchen sink looking out onto the backyard. “Why is Daddy dressed like that?” I asked Momma. It is July and already hot at 7:30 in the morning. Why on earth would he be dressed in long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We turn to Ina Garten for the best dessert recipes—but what sweet treats does the Barefoot Contessa herself enjoy whipping up in ...

Garten summed up why she’s such a fan of her fig and ricotta cake recipe, noting on her Instagram: “This is literally the easiest cake I’ve ever made.” “It’s a lemony ricotta cake, with fresh figs on ...

Soft Chocolate Fig Cake (Photo from 'Sweeter Off the Vine,' by Yossy Arefi, 2016, Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.) Fig season set us off on a hunt for great fig recipes.

The Ocracoke Fig Cake from Ruth Toth, former owner of Cafe Atlantic restaurant on Ocracoke, won first place at the 2015 Ocracoke Fig Festival. JULI LEONARD jleonard@newsobserver.com My husband knew ...

Wedding cakes are not known for their subtlety. However, many couples are starting to opt for a less over-the-top dessert than the traditional, multi-tiered cake. Recently, fig cakes have gained ...

Sheri joins Trudy Austin in the kitchen and learns the secrets to a prized fig cake. Sheri Castle joins Trudy Austin in the kitchen and learns the secrets to her prize-winning Ocracoke fig cake. Figs ...

I am certainly not the first person to derive inspiration from a fig tree. The ancients wrote poetry and sang songs about figs; Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under a fig tree; and fig ...

There are two "fig cakes" in south Louisiana food. One is the Sicilian fig cookie, or fig cake. The other is a cake-cake, made with fig preserves. Like this one. Makes about 10 servings 2 cups sugar 3 ...

The Ocracoke Fig Cake from Ruth Toth, former owner of Cafe Atlantic restaurant on Ocracoke, won first place at the 2015 Ocracoke Fig Festival. JULI LEONARD jleonard@newsobserver.com My husband knew ...