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
A 1953 Los Angeles Times article called fruitcake a "holiday must," and in 1958, the Christian Science Monitor asked, "What Could Be a Better Gift Than Fruitcake?"
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
By the early 1900s, U.S. mailrooms were full of the now ubiquitous fruitcake tins.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
And of course the caved-in chocolate-covered cherry, at least half a dozen Scottish short-breads, a generous slice of fruitcake, and that jam tart.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
What's amazing about these old fruitcakes is that people have tasted them and lived, meaning they are still edible after all these years.
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
Maybe fruitcake has its reputation as a bad tasting brick because a few bad fruitcakes have sullied its name.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2023
By contemporary standards, fruitcakes don’t look especially delicious.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
It makes me dream I’m eternally rolling icing for fruitcakes, believe it or not.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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