There's an order to this: candied ginger then cashews, cherries, apricots, and raisins—which clearly reveals Ina's not-so-secret dried fruit hierarchy. The chocolate began to harden as I was ...

To riff on this holiday dessert classic, we love adding blueberries, chocolate, candied ginger or bourbon to the mix, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. One of our favorite pies to bake on ...

Add the almonds, candied peel, stem ginger, and sour cherries and mix ... allow the base of the bowl to touch the water). Add the chocolate pieces and stir until smooth and melted.

Make two batches of the ginger cake recipe Heat the butter ... sugar together until thick enough to hold its shape. For the candied peel, remove the lemon zest with a vegetable peeler.