. Has anyone got the book? Are the hidden vegetable amounts significant? Are they put into otherwise unhealthy foods? Why teach kids that vegetables should be pureed and stirred into chocolate? Oprah knows better. It’s hard... (51 replies, last updated by chicgail December 5, 2008)

. Now this friend, he is famous for eatting anything and everything ateable, and is never ever picky. One of his recent incident was that he ate some old stale rice cake, and announce it was good with honey..... I walked to them... (10 replies, last updated by Shayna Madel October 19, 2007)

When I lived in Britain, I fell in love with these packaged cakes called Battenberg Cakes. They were pink and white sponge cake, coated in apricot jam and wrapped with yellow marzipan. I’ve never seen them here, and am... (2 replies, last updated by peg farrar December 2, 2001)

ISO an amazing, authentic, white lard frosting wedding cake, preferably from a Mexican bakery, where they seem to know best how to make 'em. Any suggestions? (4 replies, last updated by Elise April 11, 2001)

My mother-in-law and I are searching for a turnip cake recipe. We all like to meet at a Chinese Restaurant in Hartsdale (don’t remember the name), but the dim sum is yummy, MOST of all THE TURNIP CAKES!! We’re trying... (4 replies, last updated by Maria February 18, 2000)

Where can I get a really great birthday cake (preferably chocolate) on somewhat short notice? (10 replies, last updated by Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page January 18, 2002)

Any recommendations for customized birthday cake designers in NJ? (21 replies, last updated by HillJ August 24, 2007)

Does anyone have a recipe for caramel cake? The cake is usually yellow cake and the icing is caramel. My grandmother (now deceased) used to make her icing from pet milk and granulated sugar with butter. It is cooked until it... (7 replies, last updated by Marcia May 14, 2003)

Can anyone recommend any places with good, authentic Maryland-style crab cakes? The big meaty kind you can get in Baltimore? Read a review for Fish in the Village a few weeks back, the reviewer claimed the crab cakes were pretty... (9 replies, last updated by Mistersmuckers May 2, 2003)

I once made my wife the Ebingers blackout cake - very delicious but a pain to make. Can someone tell me where are the best places to get blackout cake? My wife’s grandma used to go to the cake box many years ago. Thanks in... (27 replies, last updated by MobyRichard March 10, 2008)

I am a writer looking for information about cakes specific to certain regions. North Carolina is supposed to have a Lady Baltimore cake (though a lot of North Carolinians have never had one). Kentucky is said to have a mint julep... (137 replies, last updated by buttertart September 23, 2009)

I recently found out about “Jessica Berard Cakes” . I am also planning a wedding :-), and I think I am going to book with her. She did a cake for one of my friend’s bridal shower and it looked exactly like a purse. It was one of... (12 replies, last updated by finefoodie55 August 27, 2008)

Jessica's Cakes. Hands down. She has the flair of Gateaux at a much more reasonable price. The cake is delectable (we had a combo of chocolate cake with espresso mousse and cinnamon-star anise cake with ginger mousse), and to say... (15 replies, last updated by cheeseguysgirl March 25, 2008)

I’m making a small wedding cake for a friend next month. I’ve made a large-scale cake before, using one of the master recipes from The Cake Bible, and doing all the calculations to get the proper amount of batter and... (2 replies, last updated by curiousbaker February 4, 2004)

Baking Book which is back in print in replica form. We baked the silver cake (I think its called) for my wedding years ago and no white cake surpasses it. As for other baking books, I think Jessica is referring to Rose... (4 replies, last updated by cinnamon June 22, 2000)