Lunch Break

It’s Time to Stop Baking Bread and Start Making This Foolproof Cake

Pound cake—especially this luscious Dominique Ansel recipe—can solve a lot of problems.

Courtesy of Dominique Ansel Bakery

Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is introducing a weekly “Lunch Break” column that will highlight a notable recipe from new cookbooks and the hack that makes them genius.

Across the country, home cooks are dusting their countertops, fighting over yeast packs, and showing their crusty, slashed-top loaves across social media.