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
Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a fruitcake joke.
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
By the time he got back to the kitchen, Aunt Marge had been supplied with tea and fruitcake, and Ripper was lapping noisily in the corner.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" 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
This article was updated to correct the home state of the two friends who have been exchanging fruitcakes.
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
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
