Every week -- often with your help -- Food52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius.
Today: 10 cakes, each with the Genius seal of approval, just in time to save Mother's Day.
Still need a present for Mother's Day? Go bake her a cake. And for you moms out there -- do you suspect your loved ones are running a little behind this year? Save them: request a cake.
Some of my happiest, most successful mom-oriented days involved baking my mother's favorite chocolate cake with a cream cheese ribbon -- sometimes with her help, sometimes stumbling along on my own. I think she liked it easily as much as the awkward poems and framed photos, though I doubt she'd ever tell.
I've rounded up some of the greatest cakes from the Genius Recipes column below, plus a few other favorites from around Food52. But what I really want to know is: what genius cake will you bake for your mother?
Amanda Hesser's Chocolate Dump-It Cake
aargersi's Coconut Tres Leches
Lindsay-Jean Hard's Banana Cake with Penuche Frosting
Nigella Lawson's Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake
Cory Schreiber & Julie Richardson's Rhubarb Buckle with Ginger Crumb
Nigel Slater's Extremely Moist Chocolate Beet Cake
Got a genius recipe to share -- from a classic cookbook, an online source, or anywhere, really? Please send it my way (and tell me what's so smart about it) at [email protected].
Photos by James Ransom, except Louisa's Cake by Sarah Shatz
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