With checkerboard patterns at each end, a traditional Battenberg cake shows off duo-toned squares of sponge cake and is wrapped in a blanket of marzipan. This version also features sweet raspberry jam ...

A tray beautifully arranged with deep-fried, sugar-coated swirly kulkul, diamond cuts, the curiously-named coconut and semolina confection ‘matrimony’, achappam’s cousin rose cookies (or rosettes), ...

Back in my college days, a final exam-addled dorm mate conducted a poll just before the holidays. The choices were “love fruitcake” and “hate fruitcake.” Responses on both sides of the issue were ...