As I stood in line on 47th Street, just east of Michigan Avenue, I heard a lady a few spots ahead of me exclaim, “They’ve been selling out every day!” It was a sunny Thursday morning in the middle of ...

How to fix a crack: If the top of the cake is cracked, use a serrated bread knife to carefully slice it off. Then frost and stack the layers as usual. This also works if the top of the cake is domed.

So, you're baking a classic cake and you followed the recipe to the letter (at least, you think you have) — and yet when you ...