Get the Recipe Step one of a fruitcake is soaking pounds of dried fruit until it's plump and filled with bourbon. That takes ...

“He had a skit on his show years later, where he’d pull out old jokes that were no longer funny, read the joke and toss it in the fireplace,” Crawford said. “Fruitcake was one of the ones he tossed.

Erman’s chocolate hazelnut babka loaf ($18) is a shiny, golden brown wonder, veined with thick chocolate-hazelnut swirls and ...

Alton Brown's fruitcake flips the script with no candied fruit and a splash of brandy. Can a full makeover redeem this ...