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 ...

A box of yellow cake mix can do a lot more than make a basic birthday cake. Add juicy peaches, crisp apples, pineapple, pumpkin, berries, cinnamon, nutmeg, or ginger, and that pantry staple suddenly ...