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
The two most common styles of fruitcake in Europe are the stollen and panettone.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
A quip attributed to former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson has it that "There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other."
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
Being that he was hungry, he ate a piece of Grandma’s fruitcake.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Check the malls for the day after Christmas sales, ask people that very question as they are returning those cheese balls, cheap robot vacuums, and fruitcakes they didn’t want and get back to us.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 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
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
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