Apple cakes abound in the fall and I am usually the first one to jump on that bake, but this year I was inspired by two ingredients to make something a little different—pears and a new spiced rum.

Clear Flour Bread in Brookline, Massachusetts, makes this spectacular rum-soaked cake with almond flour, which gives the cake its moist, delicate crumb and lovely aroma. Be sure to pour the rum syrup ...

A flourless chocolate cake flavored with bourbon and orange; French almond-rum cake. You don’t have to go to a patisserie for stunning French cakes. Milk Street Cook Erika Bruce teaches Christopher ...

This light, moist cake is just the right ending to an extravagant Passover dinner. Versions of this Italian almond cake are popular around the Mediterranean, but this recipe from Susan Shapiro Jaslove ...

Whipping up your own almond paste adds just a few minutes, but smartly innovates on a classic recipe. By Melissa Clark A testament to a well-loved recipe is that, when you pull the cookbook it’s in ...

This cake celebrates the sweet, jamlike texture of juicy ripe figs against the backdrop of a fragrant almond cake, with a sweet-and-sour tamarind glaze as contrast. As the cake bakes, the fresh figs ...