Giada de Laurentiis shared one of her favorite childhood snacks, and it's a tad unusual. There's a culinary precedent for ...

You can make your own candied lemon, if you have the time. Use a zester to peel long strips of lemon zest and place in a saucepan with a thin, even covering of sugar and a little water.

For the candied peel, remove the lemon zest with a vegetable peeler. (Try to get as little of the white pith as possible, because it is bitter and unpleasant). Finely slice the zest into long ...

Press 1 cup candied fruit onto bottom of prepared cake ... about 4 minutes. Stir in lemon zest and juice; remove from heat. Remove cake pan from steamer; remove foil, and let cake cool slightly ...