Cake, for a celebration or a snack, is always a boon, but the snacking cake was made for this moment. “A single layer cake, with no topping or a really easy topping, a glaze or simple frosting ...

"Naked" is the word used for stacks of layer cakes whose sides have no frosting. We use it to describe this confection, even though it's a single layer, because there's nothing on the sides ...

When pulled from the oven, the single-layer cake is firmly moist, with a close crumb. The real draws of the dessert are its luxuriously aromatic essence and buttery, dense texture. In the end ...