The thought of an upside-down cake likely conjures up images of a retro 1950s cake topped with canned pineapple rings, each studded with a bright red maraschino cherry. While pineapple upside-down ...

Fruit cake might be the most divisive holiday dessert. For many of us, Christmas isn't complete without a slice of panettone (or panetón), while others can't stand the dessert — seriously, it really ...

At home, when the banana is overdone, it is not thrown away: it is used. It is the silent warning that it is time to turn on ...

Fruit-stained cakes and green-on-green pestos are your invitation to cook with the season’s brightest, crispest ingredients.

Dump cake recipes derive their name from the method in which they are made—you simply dump the ingredients into a baking dish and bake. A dump cake has the crumbly texture of a cobbler mixed with the ...

This image features a vibrant jelly cake filled with an assortment of fresh fruits suspended in a clear gelatin layer. Visible fruits include strawberries, kiwi, grapes, citrus slices, and dragon ...

Don’t roll your eyes! There IS a universe in which fruit cake can actually taste good and have a place on the holiday dessert table. I promise, this fruit cake is not the doubles-as-a-doorstop variety ...

Alex Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef, Food Network celebrity chef, author of Old-auchool Comfort Food and the executive chef at New York City’s Butter restaurants. Read her PEOPLE.com blog every Tuesday ...