As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

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Yellow cake is a classic. It's a basic vanilla cake that gets its yellow hue from oil and whole eggs. While sometimes you just want the simplicity of a great homemade yellow cake, other times you'd ...

This strawberry gooey butter cake combines a crispy-edged yellow cake with a tart lemony strawberry swirl and a thin cream ...

Cake mix can make baking faster and easier. We tasted nine mixes to find our favorites → Michael Murtaugh/NYT Wirecutter The best boxed yellow cake mix A light and fluffy cake with just enough ...