Cakes are delicious. This is a fact. But did you know they can also be used for science? Enter the Great Science Cake-Off, sponsored by Cancer Research UK, an organization that funds nearly half of ...

This is possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen, in cake form. It’s a scientifically-accurate planet cake, complete with actual inner layers that make a beautiful cutaway diagram just like you ...

Smithsonian archaeologist Eric Hollinger makes science sweet with elaborate, science-themed cakes. Bailey Bedford A chocolate model of the African Bush Elephant in the rotunda of the Smithsonian’s ...

Researchers hope that working out the behaviours of soft solids, which can act like either solids or liquids, may make for tastier cakes – and safer oil wells. What do cake batter and a massive, ...

It’s one of the first lessons in culinary school: Baking is a science. Any slight changes in a recipe — too much baking powder, over-mixing a batter — can make the difference between a moist cupcake ...