Coffee Break Sweets

• recipe

  Ultimate Banana Bread

  Any 10-year-old can make the typical dry, bland banana bread. But if you want to make a moist, tender loaf with over-the-top banana flavor, you need to think like a mad scientist.

• recipe

  Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

  A rich cream cheese filling adds a twist to ordinary coffee cake—unless it breaks away and sinks to the bottom of the pan.

• equipment

  Adjustable Electric Kettles

  You could boil water, let it cool, and check with an instant-read thermometer for the perfect cup of tea—or let technology do it for you.