Butter three 9x2-inch round cake pans and line each with a parchment round. Butter the parchment. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt. In a 1-cup liquid measure, mix the coconut ...

I first stumbled upon an old-fashioned blitz torte, a German layer cake traditionally filled with custard and topped with meringue, when researching recipes for my second cookbook, "The Vintage Baker.

This all-natural pink dessert belongs to Hummingbird High’s Michelle Lopez, a finalist for Saveur magazine’s best baking and desserts blog award this year. (You can vote for her here through April 30.

I first stumbled upon an old-fashioned blitz torte, a German layer cake traditionally filled with custard and topped with meringue, when researching recipes for my second cookbook, “The Vintage Baker.