Whether you’re cleaning your kitchen after a big meal or finishing a painting project, it can be tempting to pour just about anything liquid—or sometimes even solids—down the drain.

A Taste of Tradition. T here’s something special about the smell of spices and fruit baking in the oven. The Old-Fashioned ...

When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

This rich fruit cake uses a very easy all-in-one method, with very little prep. Adding cocoa for richness works well with stout. Don't hold back on the glacé cherries as the sweetness of them ...

These classic layer cake recipes are as delicious as they are decorative. Try one of our best vanilla, chocolate, or citrus ...

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Grease a round 9- or 10-inch cake pan, and line bottom and sides with several layers of waxed paper. 2. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on high, beat the butter and ...

Explore India’s top 10 iconic Christmas cakes, from Kerala’s fruit cake to Goan rum cakes and Kolkata’s walnut delights. Celebrate the festive season with these unique treats!

What could go wrong?.. Today Phil Vickery's going to celebrate this natural, sticky, sweet ingredient with a simple (boiled) honey fruit cake.

Olive Oil gives not only gives this fruit cake an incredible tenderness and moistness (no more dry horrid fruit cake!) but it also lends a gorgeous fruity herbaceous flavour that lifts a “plain ...

It wouldn't be Christmas without a traditional iced fruit cake, and Mary Berry has shared her delicious recipe that will go down a treat this festive season. Renowned as a British baking icon ...

When that failed, yet another was baked - "an oblong fruit cake", McMahon recalled - this time containing a blank key and a set of files so it could be shaped to fit the lock. The blank was given ...