How to Make Awesome Cakes & Pies

Let pastry chef Dave Crofton teach you how to make the perfect chocolate cake, red velvet cake, apple pie and more in these Howcast cooking videos.

ABOUT THE EXPERT

David Crofton

Dave Crofton and his wife Dawn Casale opened their first One Girl Cookies bakery and cafe in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn in 2005. They have been featured in Fine Cooking, Gourmet, Food and Wine, The New York Times, Time Out New York, Bon Appetit, New York magazine and Martha Stewart Weddings, as well as many other national publications. Their cookbook "One Girl Cookies: Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, and Cookies from Brooklyn's Beloved Bakery" was released in January 2012.