fruitcake
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And TV offers more cooking shows than a fruitcake offers nuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
Fruitcake aficionados will tell you that the best fruit cakes are matured – or "seasoned" in fruitcake lingo – for at least three months before they are cut.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
Two friends from New York have been exchanging the same fruitcake since the late 1950s.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
Mrs. Weasley, however, had sent the family owl, Errol, with an enormous fruitcake and assorted meat pies.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition: The website Serious Eats reports that over 2 million fruitcakes are still sold each year.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
The trifecta of sugar, low moisture ingredients and some high-proof spirits make fruitcakes some of the longest-lasting foods in the world.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
For many monastic communities, especially those devoted to contemplative life and with vows of poverty, producing cookies, fruitcakes, even beer for sale is the only means to keep the lights on.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
There, too, I first learned of June Taylor, who up until 2020 made and sold fruitcakes every year featuring the best of California’s dried produce and nuts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
As if her fruitcakes were edible, or her turkey done all the way to the bone.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
