LITTLE ROCK — Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Along with the many recipes for Vanilla Wafer Cake featured in last week's Idea Alley came the ...

If you’re new to candying, start here. I learned this quick method from the excellent book Tartine by Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson. It has its limits, in that it will only work for relatively ...

Some contain lots of candied fruit soaked in brandy, while others contain only certain types of candied fruit. Nuts, such as walnuts and pecans, are also an integral part of fruitcakes. Applesauce or ...

In the mixed-faith home of my childhood, the Trappist fruitcake we received annually from a faraway relative was a particularly uncool symbol of our demi-goyishness. It would sit in the back of the ...

Fruitcake, that darling of regifters, is a dense, heavy ceremonial cake commonly appearing during the holidays. It contains candied and dried fruits, citron, candied fruit rinds, nuts, spices, lots of ...

Americans making fun of fruitcake is a holiday tradition. But a Canadian pastry chef and master food preserver would like us to reconsider our assumptions. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 23, 2024.) It's ...

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 ...

Q–What is the shelf-life for candied fruit, the kind used in fruit cake? I purchased some after the Christmas holidays and was wondering if it would keep until next Christmas with or without ...