fruitcake

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His favourite treat, however, is the Simnel cake, a traditional fruitcake typically made with a layer of either marzipan or almond paste and associated with Lent.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The two most common styles of fruitcake in Europe are the stollen and panettone.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

Even older is the fruitcake left behind in Antarctica by the explorer Robert Falcon Scott in 1910.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

What you might recognize as a modern-style fruitcake – a moist, leavened dessert studded with fruits and nuts – was probably first baked in the early Middle Ages in Europe.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

Not a Scottish shortbread or jam tart or fruitcake slice.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck