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October 9, 2026 
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The Best of the Week in Cooking
What our readers and staff can’t stop clicking, cooking and thinking about.
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| Yossy Arefi’s easy chocolate cake. Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. |
Most clicked
The Platonic ideal chocolate cake is rich, fluffy and low maintenance — and that’s exactly how to describe this Yossy Arefi creation. Because the cake layers bake flat, you won’t need to trim them before frosting. Sour cream adds both moisture to the crumb and tanginess to the frosting, the latter crowning the cake in swoops and swirls. Make it for your celebration or just because; it’s that easy and good.
View this recipe: Easy chocolate cake
More of our most clicked recipes this week: vegan green goddess dressing; taco soup; spinach cottage cheese lasagna.
New and noteworthy
Looking for a weekend baking project? Look no further than Vaughn Vreeland’s new maple cardamom sticky buns. A couple of smart tricks produce the plushest, most delightful buns, shellacked in an amber glaze. The recipe is only a week old and is already racking up raves: “They are incredible. Perfection. One of those recipes where the final result is so divine that I had a hard time stopping myself from eating the whole pan,” writes Laura, a reader. Watch Vaughn make them here, read their backstory in the latest Bake Time and get the recipe right below.
You said it
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| Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Chris Lanier. Prop Stylist: Carla Gonzalez-Hart. |
View this recipe: Melissa Clark’s sheet-pan chicken with potatoes, arugula and garlic yogurt
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