In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious. You watch ...

Now that we’ve had a chance to try a prune upside-down cake, let’s have a go at making a prune right-side-up cake. Happily, we have not just one, but two versions to choose from. Weirdly, but not ...

A few weeks ago, Monroe reader Mary Huber asked for our help, explaining, “The prune upside-down cake my mother used to make was brought to my memory recently. I don’t have her recipe, and have ...

It’s the perfect season to bake smart this fall by leaning into cozy flavors and simple recipes that always come out just right.

Prunes do a lot more in the kitchen than promote digestive health. Cut fat while adding fiber and more nutrients to baked goods with puréed prunes. It’s the fiber that makes the difference. Prunes ...

I make Pflaumenkuchen in the early fall when autumn plums, also known as Italian prune plums or blue plums, are in season.

``I have been reading in your column about the Bread Puddings with Raisins,'' writes D.L.N. of Moline. ``My mother always made them like that when we were children and I always loved them. ``But I ...

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2. In a large bowl, sift flour once. Add baking powder, soda, salt and spices and sift three times. 3. In another large bowl, cream butter. Add sugar and continue ...

This is a delicious moist 'gluten-free' cake suitable for Coeliacs. More delicious recipes are available in the cookbook available from the Queensland Coeliac Society (see link at end of page). 1 ...

1 cup cooked, drained and chopped prunes or 2 (4 3/4-ounce) jars strained baby food prunes 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. In large ...