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Quick bread. Tea cake. Spice bread. Whatever you call it, this recipe has pedigree–and you don’t need to know its geneology to know this. One taste tells all.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 11

Crisp yet tender potato-y goodness that’ll ease your craving, each and every time. You’ll never guess they’re not fried.

• 10 M
• 50 M
• 21

Inspired by its Cuban cousin, this Mexican mojito is sexy and suave thanks to a smooooooth tequila.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

The iconic summer cocktail. Gin. Lemonade. Ginger ale. Citrus. Cucumber. Mint. Yes, please.

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

It doesn’t get much more retro or groovy than this turn-of-the-century cocktail. Gin, cherry brandy, sweet and sour fruit juices, and club soda make for an easy, not-too-intoxicating sipper.

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

Swoops and swirls of ethereally airy whipped cream lend these cupcakes a more adult air. In a playing grown-ups sorta way.

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• 30 M
• 55 M
• 2

Dare you to try something different from your usual summer grilling routine. These lamb burgers are juicy, tender, and filled with flavor from herbs and spices.

• 35 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 2

Wanna outclass every other appetizer you know how to make? Try this little number. Deceptively simple. Infallibly impressive.

• 15 M
• 35 M
• 2

A sprightly summer cocktail, this vibrant variant on a Pimm’s Cup is a wham bam grand slam of booze, orange, lemon, cucumber, mint, and lemon-lime soda.

• 5 M
• 5 M
• 17

With its deep dark chocolate smack and intense espresso buzz, this mocha cake creation ought to have a minimum age requirement.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 35

This American classic is, in a nod to its Southern origins, hospitable as can be thanks to vanilla cake layers with a meringue frosting that conceals a creamy filling containing–surprise!–coconut, Maraschino cherry, and oatmeal cookie crumbs.

• 1 H
• 1 H, 25 M
• 6

Forever? Completely? Sounds like words used only in conjunction with things that inspire lasting love. Like this cake.

• 20 M
• 55 M
• 277

Inspired by the tropics, this simple single-layer cake is quick and easy yet lacks nothing in terms of satisfying richness.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 12

A swoon-worthy collision of creamy cheesecake and cakey brownie and sweetly tart raspberries that you simply gotta taste to believe.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 8