Fruitcake

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“Fruitcakes,” Pennsylvania Playhouse’s upcoming holiday production is a moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation, set in a small town full of quirky and lovable characters. Director Robert Callan Adams hopes the...

Fruity, nutty, festive. This delicious, yet simple, apple fruitcake makes a wonderful lunch or dinner dessert. I often serve the firm cake as a sweet addition to a savory brunch. Choose the apples depending upon your taste buds. Granny Smiths offer a...

A mixture of ground nuts -- such as hazelnut and almonds -- sugar and liquid (egg whites and perhaps a liqueur), nut pastes are frequently added to baked cakes, tarts and pastries for added richness and flavor. Although prepared almond and hazelnut...

Marie Racine of Huntley, Ill., was looking for a recipe she had lost for making fruitcake that contained dried apricots and Brazil nuts. I did not receive any reader responses to her query, so I decided to do a little research. The recipe world is loaded...

Why does our government pay so much more to employees than they could earn in the private sector? If this system was overhauled, it would go a long way toward balancing the budget. Someone just starting work at the VA hospital gets a month paid vacation...

“Fruitcakes” at the Pennsylvania Playhouse is like a live version of “The Andy Griffith Show,” with a small town celebrating the Christmas season. It takes place in the present, but time does not seem to move in this rural setting,...

Q: When I got married, for our first Christmas, I decided to bake a fruitcake for the first time. The thinking was that if it was made from scratch it would be much better than those horrors sold in the stores. The Betty Crocker yellow fruitcake recipe...

Karen Taylor’s front porch at 317 N. Main St. was filled with baby clothes and other porch-sale stuff Saturday morning. She thought business would be brisk with the Sharpsburg Heritage Festival and all of the excitement surrounding the 150th...

At this point, the bridal gown is top-secret, the menus and the wine lists are still hush-hush, yet everyone knows Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton on April 29 will feature two cakes and exactly what they'll be made of. Got to hand it to them...

A mixture of ground nuts -- such as hazelnut and almonds-- sugar and liquid (egg whites and perhaps a liqueur), nut pastes are frequently added to baked cakes, tarts and pastries for added richness and flavor....