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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls, No Yeast: One Roll Is About a Third of a Day’s Coumarin

Twelve no-yeast rolls out of one pan, 298 calories each, and one tablespoon of cassia spread across them — about 1.95 mg of coumarin a roll, a third of an adult's day.

How Many Prunes a Day? 50 Grams Is 5 or 6 — and 41% of the 100-Gram Group Dropped Out

Five or six prunes is 50 g, the dose that held hip bone density nearly steady for 12 months. In the 100 g group, 41% quit before the year was out.

Not Too Sweet Buttercream Birthday Cake: One Serving of the Usual Kind Is 49 g of Sugar

Four colored quarters, four birthdays, one 20 cm (8-inch) cake: the Swiss meringue buttercream on top is 29.8 g of sugar per 100 g, against 63.1 g in a supermarket tub.

Chocolate Cherry Cake With Fresh Cherries — a Cup of Them Is 97 Calories, and They Go On Top

Three chocolate layers, dark chocolate buttercream, and whole cherries with the stems still on piled into the top. A cup of them is 97 calories; the slice under them is 848.

Vintage Buttercream Cake: the Piping Has a Name, and the Original Wasn’t Buttercream

Smooth ivory sides, pink and white swags, plum roses, piped in rounds with a 20-minute chill between each one. One of 12 slices carries 28 g of saturated fat.

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Fudgy Cocoa Powder Brownies: Natural Cocoa Has Nearly Nine Times the Flavanols

One saucepan, a cup of cocoa, 16 squares at 195 calories each. Natural cocoa carries nearly nine times the flavanols of a heavily Dutched tin — and with no baking soda here, either bakes the same.

Authentic Black Forest Cake — and Why the Kirsch Isn’t Optional

Four thin layers of chocolate sponge, sour cherries and cream, soaked with Kirschwasser — built to the specification Germany actually uses for the name, at 413 calories a slice.

Lilac Buttercream Flower Cake: the Color Comes From Berries, Not Red 40 and Blue 1

Three vanilla layers, a lilac coat and a pink center, both frostings colored by two saucepans of berries. No Red 40, no Blue 1 — and about 70 g of sugar in a slice.

It’s Not the Fructose — It’s the Glass: 25 Years of Data on Sugary Drinks and Blood Pressure

A 25-year study of 25,749 people links sugary drinks and blood pressure — while total fructose and whole fruit showed no link at all.

Vintage Buttercream Cake: the Piping Has a Name, and the Original Wasn’t Buttercream

Smooth ivory sides, pink and white swags, plum roses, piped in rounds with a 20-minute chill between each one. One of 12 slices carries 28 g of saturated fat.

Sheet Pan Salmon and Zucchini: 35 Minutes, and Why the Cherry Tomatoes Stay Whole

Corn, zucchini and whole cherry tomatoes get a 12-minute head start; the salmon joins for the last 12 to 14. Plus the corn number we got wrong: 657 micrograms, not 900.