I'm one of four friends, I visit once a year. After bleak times, I make life bright and clear.

Surprise! The fruit you picked up isn't actually fruit. It's me! I'm sweet and a little nutty. My name can be traced back to bread and a spring month, or fall. You'll see my cousins made with apricot or peach hearts. I tend to hang about more during the holidays and for celebrations, decorating and flavoring the cakes!

I’m changed more often than the thing inside me. What am I?

Seen from afar, I guide you through the night. Change my first, and I'm a church minister. Lose one letter, and I pair well with eggs.

Change my first letter to r, you gain knowledge. Change my third letter to e, you are taking caution. Change my last letter to r, you use one of your senses. Though I may be in the clouds, I am often putting myself in the game.