fruitcake
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Even older is the fruitcake left behind in Antarctica by the explorer Robert Falcon Scott in 1910.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
Not a Scottish shortbread or jam tart or fruitcake slice.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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