The most elaborate cakes you can bake tend to have multiple tiers, the better to show off elaborate decorations as well as incorporate different flavors. Before you start piling up the layers, though, ...

Tall cakes are stunning, but their beauty relies on precise engineering, careful stacking, and smart transport strategies. From leveling layers to choosing stable fillings and using dowels, every ...

Both the folklore and history behind Appalachian stack cakes have always been a little romantic to me. The traditional dessert looks like a sky-high pile of thick pancakes spread with even thicker ...

Whether it is a towering wedding cake or a smaller but elaborately decorated Lambeth-style confection, a tiered cake is almost always a crowd-pleaser. But how are you supposed to get such a thing to ...

You won’t find it in many modern gourmet cookbooks, but you might run across it in a southeastern Kentucky grandmother’s recipe collection. Stack cakes, a treat found in certain parts of Kentucky and ...

At Stack’d Cake Studio, the customer directs how they want their cake built, much as they would a sub at a sandwich shop. But instead of provolone or Swiss on rye or wheat, they have a menu of sweet ...