Perfectly grown, utterly ripe peaches and nectarines are things we dream about, but most of us cook in the real world. Still, that doesn’t mean good fruit is out of reach. If you know how to shop well ...

It was a warm summer morning. Two of the kids were outside picking wildflowers with one of our California visitors. I was in the kitchen slicing ripe nectarines while the stand mixer worked, creaming ...

Cook’s notes: If desired, you can also add 1/4 teaspoon almond extract along with the vanilla. 1. Adjust oven rack to middle position. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir 6 tablespoons butter, brown ...

It’s not often that I find myself spurred to bake a cake, but the sight of a punnet of lovely fresh nectarines got me thinking. Especially when I bit into one and it was so lusciously, sweetly ripe.

It’s not unusual for a fruit cobbler to be mistaken for a crumble, or a crumble for a crisp, the jammy identity of one bubbling over into the next. But I always had thought that cakes, with their firm ...

An opportunity here to use up ripe fruit sitting in the fruit bowl. Plums or Peaches will work just as well or any combination of fruit. Put together in 10 minutes using store cupboard ingredients.

Preheat oven to 175C fan bake. Line a 22cm cake tin. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until pale, light and fluffy.Add vanilla and then eggs, one at a time, beating between ...

It’s a two in one special this week, prolonging the magic of nectarines for a little longer by making a sensational cake and sensationally easy nectarine jam. This jam is delicious on scones, English ...

“What is summer, if not peach season?” asks cookbook author and Bay Area-based Cake Picnic founder Elisa Sunga. For this recipe she put together, she soaks soft cake with peach custard, preserves and ...

Two large nectarines, about ¾ pound, covers the top of the cake nicely. To reduce the chances of fruit sticking to the pan when the cake is inverted, turn it soon after it comes out of the oven. If ...