Together, the three pieces look like a heart – or will when they’re covered with frosting. The frosting covers the lines of demarcation and makes the cake pieces appear to be one large heart. And here ...

Carol Marsh has decades of baking experience, and the America’s Test Kitchen carrot cake recipe is her favorite. She bakes it in a sheet pan, lets it cool, then cuts it in quarters and stacks it with ...

This extra carrot-y, not-too-sweet carrot cake is loaded with carrots and toasted nuts and slathered with orange cream cheese frosting. (Rebecca Peloquin / For The Times) My mom remarried when I was ...