To make a 9-inch cake (about 10 to 12 servings), you’ll need: 1 (roughly 5-ounce) pot French-style yogurt (I use vanilla bean ...

When it comes to a slice of something sweet to pair with a cup of coffee or after-dinner cocktail at a restaurant, you may be ...

Learn how to make an invisible apple cake (Gâteau invisible aux pommes) at home. This French dessert is super easy to make ...

Gateau Basque is kind of like a tart, or a pie, or a cookie -- and the filled cake is one of the more unusual desserts in cookbook author Dorie Greenspan's repertoire. "It's a dry cake, but delicious, ...

Thought to have been brought to France by Napoleonic soldiers retreating from battle in Eastern Europe, gateau à la broche, or cake on a spit, has become a Hautes-Pyrénées tradition. Take a valley in ...

Doubling as a delicious maths problem, France's easy-to-make yoghurt cake recipe relies on volume measures facilitated by the ubiquitous 125g terracotta yoghurt pot. France is land of ornate pastries, ...

A couple of years ago, I found myself cruising down the Rhine with a boatload of American seniors (don’t ask). Very nice most of them were too, despite our political differences, but for me, the real ...

Author Aleksandra Crapanzano, who lived in Paris as a child, has written a charming new book on French confections. In "Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes," she tells the story of ...

This vanilla- and citrus-scented French cake comes together in one bowl and without need for measuring cups. This classic French gâteau uses whole-milk vanilla French-style yogurt, citrus zest, and ...