For those of you who wish summertime at KCRW meant Cake-A-Day, here’s a compromise: a dessert made up of cake batter baked in a pie shell. It’s called Funny Cake, and it’s a traditional Pennsylvania ...

This beloved Pennsylvania Dutch dessert comes straight out of my 1958 edition of The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book by Ruth Hutchison — one of my favorite vintage finds. The original recipe calls ...

Read the original article on Purewow. Everyone’s birthday should be special, and baking a cake with plenty of love is a great first step. But let’s face it: We’re not all exactly professional bakers.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Crust: Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Set aside. Set the butter on a work surface and cut it lengthwise in thirds. Give the butter a quarter flip ...