While I’m not sure how or when it started, there is no denying that I have an extremely mean sweet tooth. It shows up all the time in the way I cook savory food — but it goes bananas when I get to dessert.
None of this means that I need my sweets to be complicated. The desserts in my cookbook “The Seasoned Life” are all easy to make.
This one in particular is something of a cheater recipe because it uses a box of cake mix.
Still, I love this recipe because not only is it foolproof (after all, it’s pretty hard to mess up a boxed mix), but it’s a good trick to have when you need to make a dessert and are pressed for time.
The finished product is like an upside-down cake served right-side up.
Cast-Iron ‘Fruit Cake’
Makes 1 (10-inch) cake
Ingredients
1 box favorite yellow cake
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