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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

But the honor for the oldest known existing fruitcake goes to one that was baked in 1878 when Rutherford B. Hayes was president of the United States.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

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

The fruitcake stayed perfect in the tin and the apple juice was fizzy but not totally undrinkable and the dried apricots were fine, as was the huge thick slab of chocolate wrapped in brown paper.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

This article was updated to correct the home state of the two friends who have been exchanging fruitcakes.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

Thanks to this technique, colonists were able to keep fruit from the summer harvest to use in their Christmas confections, and fruitcakes became one of the most popular seasonal desserts.

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

I love to feature the single-origin spices of the companies Diaspora or Burlap & Barrel in my fruitcakes.

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