“If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake.” So go the lyrics of an old-time song, and we couldn’t agree more. A homemade cake is a lovely way to celebrate just about anything or nothing at all. While most cakes use plenty of eggs and cake flour to attain a light and fluffy texture, coffee cakes or tea cakes are more like quick breads and usually use some chemical leavening such as baking powder or baking soda. Favorite cakes to make from scratch include chocolate cake, carrot cake, and pound cake.