noun
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a rich cake containing mixed dried fruit, lemon peel, nuts, etc
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slang a person considered to be eccentric or insane
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Origin of 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
Seasoning not only improves the flavor of the fruitcake, but it makes it easier to slice.
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
Mrs. Weasley, however, had sent the family owl, Errol, with an enormous fruitcake and assorted meat pies.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
European fruitcakes are more like the medieval fruited bread than the versions made in Great Britain and the United States.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
The trifecta of sugar, low moisture ingredients and some high-proof spirits make fruitcakes some of the longest-lasting foods in the world.
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
As if her fruitcakes were edible, or her turkey done all the way to the bone.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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