Recent Posts By Anne Cain

Start your summer vacation off right by making this popular Lemonade Layer Cake.  This cake recipe is our most pinned recipe on Pinterest and is one of the all-time most popular cakes at Cooking Light.  Thawed lemonade concentrate is the key ingredient in this sweet and tangy cake and it’s a great choice for summer celebrations. Cooking Light is retesting […]

Recipe: Best Backyard Burgers MyRecipes contributor Martie Duncan sent in this update from the recent South Beach Wine & Food Festival. If you want to get a reaction from people, just ask them about their favorite burger. I asked that question recently on my Facebook page and got hundreds of detailed replies. People are really passionate about their burgers! Burgers […]

As we approach the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, we remember the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.  When you plan your holiday cookout menu with ribs, burgers, baked beans and potato salad, add this patriotic cake for dessert and offer thanks for those who served our country so well. Recipe:  Grand Old Flag Cake […]

What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than a festive brunch?  Of course, I don’t need much of a reason to have brunch, but it’s nice to have an occasion to make it more special.   You can honor your own mom, your mother-in-law, your friends who are mothers, or just celebrate the ideas of mothers in general! When I’m thinking […]

   Sunday is Cinco de Mayo, and I’m already thinking about what I can make for the party.  I usually go the appetizer and drinks route as that’s what my friends seem to prefer.  Chips, salsa, beer, margaritas–what else do you need?  Well, you need cheese dip, and this Colby-Pepper Jack Cheese Dip is the top-rated cheese dip on our site.  It has […]

When the nutrition experts advise us to eat more fish to keep our hearts healthy,  they don’t mean eating more fried fish sandwiches.  But this oven-baked version will get the nod of approval from nutrition gurus.  And you don’t really have an excuse for not making it because it only takes 15 minutes!  The recipe calls for grouper, but if […]

Any recipe with “triple-decker” in the title sounds like a winner to me, and this strawberry cake recipe is no exception. This is a popular recipe on our site, perhaps because it starts with a packaged cake mix and a package of strawberry gelatin. The frosting, however, is a homemade buttercream frosting and is divine with its three simple ingredients: […]