Dark Fruitcake. Makes three 8-inch loaf cakes. Note: Grinding the spices yourself makes the flavors really pop. 1 1/2 cups dried sour cherries. 1 cup pitted dates ...

Wesson's Famous Fruitcake. This is a very popular dark fruitcake version, from the folks at Wesson Oil. Ingredients: 1 cup Wesson oil. 1½ cups brown sugar, packed ...

If the cake is getting too dark on top, tent it loosely with aluminum foil for the last 30 to 60 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a rack for about 1 hour. Invert the cake and remove the paper liner.

I found real fun in taking liberties with traditional fruitcake recipes, particularly in curating the cake’s contents: To the dark fruitcake, I added dark fruit—prunes, dried sour cherries ...

The happy couple wed on Aug. 19, 1955, and claim the dark fruit cake made by Ann’s grandmother is just as tasty now as it was then -- although the coloring is a bit different.

The dark fruit cake was made by Ann’s grandmother, who baked three layers of cake about two months prior to the wedding so it could age and then a baker decorated it.

* Jane Parker Dark Fruit Cake ($6.98 for 1-pound box). Veteran shoppers will remember Jane Parker (baked goods) and Ann Page (spices and condiments) as the flagship brands of A&P supermarkets.

LOOKING FOR Denise Frederick is looking for an apple tart recipe. “This recipe would consist of putting a mixture of flour and sugar in the bottom of a pie shell, placing peeled halved apples… ...