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Mixing fruit into baked goods is nothing new. All sorts of recipes call for mashed banana or even applesauce. But there's something special about canned pineapple in the South, and we're not just ...

You asked, and I listened. A couple weeks ago, I posted on Facebook asking if anyone actually likes fruit cake. Some said yes, some said heck no. The overwhelming majority of people who said yes, told ...

A farmer in checkered shirt holding just-picked peaches - Olga Rolenko/Getty Images If you're looking for an easy dessert to make that's so delicious you can eat it up with a spoon -- literally -- ...

This moist banana layer cake with rich brown butter cream cheese frosting is a deliciously easy dessert perfect for any ...

What makes fruit Southern? Must it be native, like the blackberries that glisten amid the brambles, to wear the sash and represent us on the runway? Maybe you see the peach as the ultimate expression ...

The key to making a good fruitcake is not to make a fruitcake. Forget about that syrupy-sweet, hard-as-a-brick loaf studded with colors that don’t even exist in nature. Instead, start with a ...

Living in Summit County is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column ...