AVA, Mo. -- When the monks of Assumption Abbey could no longer support themselves by producing cement blocks, they decided to make fruitcake. Fifteen years and thousands of cakes later, there is no ...

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AVA — Fruitcake. It's probably the least exciting Christmas gift given in America over the past 50 years. Dry, bland, boring — its reputation precedes itself. Most people hate it. Those people ...

AVA, Mo. (AP) — Once the bane of pot-luck parties, the fruitcake has been turned into a sought-after treat by Trappist monks secluded in the Missouri Ozarks who some say bake cake that’s nothing short ...