Hog or no hog, this dessert is a picnic classic. Allrecipes/Julia Hartbeck There are certain truths in food that go without saying. Pie is humble. Cucumbers are cool. And cake goes with a pig pickin’.

Ever heard of pig pickin cake? This is that cake. The one that shows up at Southern cookouts, gets devoured before the ribs hit the table, and somehow tastes even better straight from the fridge the ...

No animals were harmed in the making of this pig. Natalie Sideserf of Austin’s Sideserf Cake Studio made a hyperrealistic pig cake in honor of the summer grilling season. Designed in the image of the ...

A few weeks ago, I mentioned I’d taken a Pig Pickin’ Cake to a family cookout. I thought everyone knew what Pig Pickin’ Cake is. I was wrong, so I’ve had a lot of inquires about it — including whether ...