Old-Fashioned Birthday Cake

• recipe

  Classic White Layer Cake with Raspberry Almond Filling

  For a white cake with perfect, fine-grained texture, don't beat the egg whites prior to mixing.

• equipment

  Round Cake Pans

  You shouldn’t need to stock several cake pans depending on the size of the finished cake. We wanted a one-size-fits-all cake pan.

• taste test

  Raspberry Preserves

  In general, we find that preserves and jams have more fruit flavor than jellies. We tested six brands to find our favorite raspberry flavor.