Even if a recipe doesn't state that sifting dry goods is needed, Williams says she always does it. "I don't think it hurts—it lightens the load," she says, meaning that the result will be a more cloud ...

Angel food cake is an awfully lofty name for a dessert, isn't it? Far be it from us to turn our noses up at sweet, crumbly sponge cake, but whoever thought to compare it to divine succor was probably ...