Easter

“Absolutely the best thing I’ve put in my mouth in a long time!” That’s what we’re hearing about this buttery, citrusy, playfully easy-to-eat coffee cake. We’re not arguing with that sentiment.

• (20)
• 1 H
• 3 H, 45 M
• 88

There’s chocolate bark and then there’s chocolate bark. This bark is the latter sort, a sort that intrigues and surprises, that both starts and stops conversations, a bark that knows no boundaries.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 30 M
• 9

Everyday carrots turn shyly sophisticated when infused with flavor and coaxed to tenderness in this no-hassle side dish.

• (5)
• 5 M
• 25 M
• 15

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

Plonk this brown sugar glazed ham on your holiday table, step back, and listen to the gasped oohs and aahs, accept all manner of accolades, and watch it disappear.

• (5)
• 15 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 32

Tender and delicate and buttery and spectacularly simple, just as classic shortbread cookies ought to be.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 10

Dubbed Company’s Comin’ Coconut Cake, this beauty of a pound cake will have you dreaming up excuses to bake dessert. Even if for no other reason than you want it.

• (7)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 33

Warning: This tart is best when consumed within a few hours of emerging from the oven. We don’t see this as being a problem. We suspect you won’t either.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 10

When subjected to gentle heat, radishes’ vibrant fire engine red fades to the palest shade of pink and their peppery rawness gives way to a complex nuttiness.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 20 M
• 0

This cake, a nod not just to Queen Victoria but British sensibility, defines the very notion of simple yet sophisticated.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 31