"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Shopping for Christmas gifts during the busy holiday season is no doubt stressful—especially when you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As someone who recoils at the mere thought of candied peel or maraschino cherries, I too have reflexively avoided fruitcake for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardin Bradley of Knoxville and her mother Jane Wyatt of Cedartown, Georgia, bake fruitcake for people who think they don’t like fruitcake. Which isn’t a small market share. To many folks, fruitcake ...

Nothing brings in the holiday season like a fruitcake, whether it's fresh or regifted. For several decades, the delicacy has been the butt of many holiday jokes and still gets a bad rap as one of the ...

(The Conversation) – 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 ...

Fruitcake: a treat that sparks strong opinions—you either love it or hate it. But don’t worry, this isn’t about how to bake one. It’s just a story. As Christmas approaches, I think about my ...

It was around Christmas in 1989, when Johnny Carson held a small box up to the “Tonight Show” cameras. “What do you think this weighs?” Carson said, his wrist bending from the weight. “It’s only a ...