Marie Antoinette said it best, and damn it, 'tis the season, you practically owe it to yourself, right? And really, it's the only time of year where everyone can cheat on their diet in unison, complain about it, and will it all away come New Year's. Wow, that sounds oddly like going to confessional... more ›

Until the age of, oh, six months ago, the only pound cake ever to enter our sphere with any regularity was Sara Lee. You know the one: frozen, aluminum tin, red cardboard lid. As a child, we loved this cake. We loved its perfectly uniform spongy crumb, we loved its smooth, suede-like crust--reminiscent of the ice cream sandwiches that we also loved--and even now, we can’t deny that Sara Lee Moist and Delicious All Butter Pound Cake is certainly tasty. It’s just also sort of boring (and difficult to serve to our fellow chef friends with head held high). more ›