Old-Fashioned Breakfast Cakes

• recipe

  New York-Style Crumb Cake

  We wanted to bring this New York classic home—but not from the supermarket.

• recipe

  Blueberry Boy Bait

  This coffee cake with the odd name-so called because the girl who created it for the Pillsbury Grand National Baking Contest said that teenage boys found it irresistible-is a moist cake with blueberries and a light streusel topping.

• equipment

  Square Cake Pans

  A square cake pan is a kitchen essential, but should you buy a glass, nonstick, or traditional metal model?

• taste test

  Hot Cocoa Mix

  The best cocoa mixes feature a double dose of chocolate.