The perfect layer cakes assemble with flat, even cake layers. But so often, cakes are domed on top when they come out of the oven. Baking with cake strips minimizes doming, but even the tiniest domes ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the baking pan of your choice with butter or baking spray until well-coated. For the cinnamon swirl Bundt cake, use a 10-cup bundt pan; for the layer cake, use two ...

Whether you stack together two cake layers or six, bringing any one of these showstopping cakes to the table is an act of pure joy. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than ...