1. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt and keep at hand. 2. Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter and both sugars together ...

Editor’s note: High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents ...

1 teaspoon pastis, such as Ricard or Pernod, or an anise-flavored liqueur Pinch of kosher salt To make the dough, in the work bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the ...

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, ...

A classic dessert from the Basque region of France, this recipe feature layers of cake that sandwich a rum-spiked creamy custard. It is also often made with jam or preserved fruit, and the cake with ...

Australian Gourmet Traveller Spanish cake recipe for gâteau Basque (Pastel Vasco). In the Basque country, this cake can be found with either cherries (or cherry jam) or pastry cream, but rarely both.

In Cara Black's soon to be released Paris-based noir mystery novel, Murder in Passy, (Soho Press), a computer-savvy French-American private investigator named Aimee Leduc gets an ill-tempered elderly ...

Cookbook author Dorie Greenspan has an unusual dessert in her repertoire that's perfect for the holidays -- a gateau Basque from southwestern... Gateau Basque: A Perfect Cake For The Holidays Gateau ...

At Bar Boulud, the tart is served with creme Anglaise, a vanilla custard sauce, a few brandied cherries, and whipped cream. At home, a handful of raspberries or blackberries alongside each slice is ...