Cakes

Let’s dispense with all the talk about Proust and time and just revel in these lemony little lovelies, shall we?

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• 25 M
• 3 H, 30 M
• 10

This gingerbread Bundt cake has all the warm spicy goodness of gingerbread cookies. And, as if that wasn’t enough, it’s gilded with a sassy sweet-tart citrus glaze.

• (5)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 10

Watch out, pumpkin pie. Someone wants your job. Badly. This wonderfully luxuriant pumpkin cheesecake from Rose Levy Beranbaum is a terribly enticing alternative to tradition.

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• 2 H
• 1

How do you define a true New York-style cheesecake? A sweetly crunchy graham cracker crust cushioning a rich, creamy, moan-inducing filling with a slightly lemony lilt. In other words, this recipe.

• (14)
• 20 M
• 2 H
• 48

A harmony of sweet citrus notes nudges the classic lemon poppy seed cake in a less one-dimensional direction here. We may even be thinking of this as a 5D cake.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

Stunning enough for special occasions. Easy enough for weekday breakfasts. Marvelous enough to make you want it every damn day.

• (6)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 26

A contemporary riff on an old-fashioned classic that has a perfect balance of spices and a pillowy texture and a gingery zing.

• (3)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 12

Behold, Edd Kimber’s go-to sheet cake, complete with an utterly irresistible (and doable) Swiss meringue buttercream that you’re gonna wanna slather all over everything.

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• 30 M
• 2 H
• 2

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cake—there’s actually coffee in the cake—is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

• (13)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 51

The combination of tart, citrusy orange with not-too-dark chocolate was a smashing success at the Barefoot Contessa. It’s just as much a hit at home.

• (10)
• 35 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 51