She used shortening, too, when she didn't have any lard, because it made a lighter cake than one with butter.

It's a good idea to dust them with flour to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of a very light cake like a spongecake.

Halibut arrives with a light little millet cake on the side.

Plum polenta ($6) is an extraordinarily light cake, sweet but not overbearingly so.

Except for a light orange cake with sweet cream ($5), desserts are disappointing.

When butter is not used, the Tres Leches is a very light cake, with many air bubbles.

It produced a very rich but lighter cake.

The basic flavoring of both cakes is the same, yielding fairly light cakes scented with cinnamon.

The California pastry chef Jim Dodge uses blackberries in a light cake, which is simple to make.

The vanilla had a moist, light cake but a surplus of very sugary frosting with an almost granular texture.