Dessert

There’s something quietly triumphant about a homemade dessert on a weeknight. No one expects it; everyone assumes dinner is the finish line. This pear and Calvados cake is the exception I like to make when I have just a sliver of extra bandwidth and want the evening to end softly. It’s a simple butter cake you can put together in one bowl: everything goes into the mixer with the paddle attachment, pears are fanned over the top, and the whole thing bakes while you eat. By the