Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a fruitcake joke. A quip attributed to former “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson has it that “There is only one fruitcake in the ...

Fruitcake has built quite a reputation. It is known for its longevity, but also as a gift not widely preferred — although you can always regift. The origins of fruitcake date back to the ancient ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Conversation) – Nothing says Christmas ...

"My mother had a family recipe for a new type of fruitcake that I thought everyone would enjoy during the holidays and any time of the year," said an inventor, from Kennesaw, Ga., "so I invented ETHEL ...

An old cookbook cooking show takes a fresh look at fruitcake, tracing its reputation back through vintage recipes and ...

You've probably heard the jokes or even passed on a fruitcake yourself, but Southern Supreme's "famous nutty fruitcake" keeps customers coming back year after year. In fact, the family-owned business, ...

Ellie King of Pittsburgh talks about the fruitcake recipe that's been passed down in her family for generations. It's part of our All Things We're Cooking series. We've been sharing audience kitchen ...

Blame the fruitcake plague on the cheap sugar that arrived in Europe from the colonies in the 16th century. Some goon discovered that fruit could be preserved by soaking it in successively greater ...