German Chocolate Cake

• recipe

  German Chocolate Cake with Coconut-Pecan Filling

  This cake has made it into the dessert hall of fame, but a closer look reveals shortcomings: faint chocolate flavor, microsuede-like texture, and a complicated mixing process.

• science

  Gauging Softness of Butter

  To cream butter for cookies or cakes, the butter must be brought to cool room temperature.