A few weeks ago, I got a call from Jean, who had lost her recipe for Fruit Cocktail Cake. I found one online for her, and it was exactly what she was looking for. Curious, I tested it myself and offer ...

I love and adore this cake. This is another one of those long ago recipes that we've been making in my family for as long as I can remember. It came from my mother's grandmother, Mama Reed. She was ...

Thank goodness computers can't deliver actual goods quite yet, or my desk would be swamped with little cubes of pears and pineapple and maraschino cherries in sticky syrup: The request by Gayle van ...

LITTLE ROCK — Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. In a matter of just days after publishing Tana Jackson’s request for Fruit Cocktail Cake, the ...

Julianne Dorr of Longview, Wash., was looking for a cake recipe from the 1970s. She said it was a very simple cake made using a can of fruit cocktail and a box of cake mix and some other ingredients ...

For the glaze: Combine the brown sugar, lime juice and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook ...

We all know someone who says they can’t bake or don’t like to bake. Well, fruit cocktail cake — or dessert, as some readers refer to it — may just change their mind. This dessert dates back to the ...

Here is another fruit cocktail recipe for Sheila Rooney. It comes from Maxine Goodwin of Paradise, who says Rooney will love this cake. Unlike the fruit cocktail dream cake at left and the fruit ...

This is a pretty straightforward recipe, so it's the perfect way to get the kids to help you stir things up in the kitchen. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking ...