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 ...

The key to making a good fruitcake is not to make a fruitcake. Forget about that syrupy-sweet, hard-as-a-brick loaf studded with colors that don’t even exist in nature. Instead, start with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fruitcakes are known for their legendary shelf life. CSA-Printstock via Getty Images Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the business of food, from artichokes to zucchini. Every holiday season, Mary McEvoy Carroll, a public relations ...

As someone who recoils at the mere thought of candied peel or maraschino cherries, I too have reflexively avoided fruitcake for most of my life. But this year, I started wondering if maybe I’d been ...

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 ...

Fruitcake is an ancient goody, with the oldest versions a sort of energy bar made by the Romans to sustain their soldiers in battle. The Roman fruitcake was a mash of barley, honey, wine and dried ...