fruitcake

Example Sentences

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Back in the day, Apollo-era astronauts dined on freeze-dried, cube-shaped delicacies such as shrimp cocktail and date fruitcake.

From Scientific American

Bake for 1 hour 35 minutes, or until the fruitcake is deep, burnished brown and has just begun to pull away from the edges of the pan.

From Washington Post

This recipe takes the best parts of a fruitcake — the combination of chopped, dried fruit and warming spices — but transforms it into a crispy-edged, chewy cookie.

From Salon

Giving gifts has long-term positive effects, they argue — making economies more dynamic and societies more trusting — that are more important than the cash you wasted on that fruitcake that nobody’s going to eat.

From Seattle Times

Please — there is not enough edge here to cut through a fruitcake.

From New York Times