Glass pans are also the best choice when you're baking acidic things like lemon curd or tomato-based casserole. Acids in foods can react with metal pans and give your finished dish a metallic taste.

My grandma baked everything, from birthday cake to lasagna, in her trusty glass casserole dish. Back then, we never dreamed of questioning her. But now we have to ask, Was that glass casserole ...

This post has been updated. Most of us come by our collection of baking equipment in a piecemeal manner. A few things from mom and dad here, a pan bought for a specific recipe there, a ...

Rule No. 1 of baking is (almost) always this: Follow the recipe. As someone who shares recipes and frequently helps troubleshoot them, I’m a firm adherent to this adage. But . . . some rules are ...

Q. How do you adjust a cake recipe if you want to use a different size pan, such as using a 13-by-9-inch pan or cupcakes instead of two or three round cake pans? A. You don’t need to change the ...