Lemon-myrtle, lavender-Earl Grey, hazelnut-orange -- the selection of tea cakes from Valerie Confections screams spring. Assistant Food editor Betty Hallock is a fan: “They’re moist, dense and not too ...

Southern Buttermilk Tea Cakes inspired by Kim Prince of Hotville Chicken. (Portrait by Christina House / Los Angeles Times; cookie photo by Silvia Razgova / For The Times; food and prop styling by ...

Tea takes these dessert recipes to the next level.

If you’re looking for a new, fun and absolutely adorable holiday dessert, forget baking a cake in the shape of a candy cane and whip up these snowmen tea cookies instead. Cute and delicious, what else ...

Cook's notes: The dough must chill overnight, so leave enough time. Preliminaries: After the dough has chilled, heat the oven to 350 degrees. Fill a baking pan or shallow mixing bowl with powdered ...

Juneteenth, the day when many African-Americans mark the end of slavery, is also associated with traditional foods from the black community. One... Think of Etha Robinson as the Johnny Appleseed of ...

Looking at these powdered sugar confections you're thinking, what a nice little buttery tea cake. Then your tongue gets smacked by a two-by-four of maple flavor. Well done J. Loraine Barbeaux of ...

Every Southern cook I know has a different way of making tea cakes. Even my grandmother and her sister, Earnestine, had different recipes for the delicately flavored sweet treats. Aunt Earnestine’s ...

We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects each contributor’s memories of holidays past. While ...