fruit cake
Dense holiday dessert
A fruitcake is a dense cake made with candied fruits and nuts, traditionally served at Christmas.
The cake's reputation for being re-gifted and lasting indefinitely has made it a cultural joke.
As slang, fruitcake means an eccentric or crazy person: He's a complete fruitcake.
The term also serves as a mildly derogatory label for a gay man, playing on the older slang fruit.
- raisinsDried grape snack
- dried cherriesMoisture-removed stone fruit
- candied peelSugar-preserved citrus skin
- sweetTasting of sugar
- brandySpirit from fermented fruit
weirdo · molasses · nut · dessert · kooky · doorstop · marzipan · panettone · stollen · baking · Christmas · holiday tradition · Christmas gift · regifting · mail order · candied · pastry · dense
- cakescupcake, chocolate gateau, German chocolate, tres leches, yule log
- British bakesteacakes, Bakewell tart, scones, scone, Chelsea bun
- Victorian sweetsVictoria sponge, plum pudding, Christmas pudding, figgy pudding, trifle
- sweet breadsbanana bread, cinnamon bread, raisin bread, nut bread, pumpkin bread
- British PuddingsChristmas pudding, sticky toffee pudding, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick, spotted dog
- snackschips, crackers, cookies, granola bars, chocolate
fruit cakesavory
Appetizing, not sweet
savory pastry · meat pie · salty · beef Wellington · unsweetened
fruit cakeangel food cake
Foam-based white sponge
sponge cake · chiffon cake · cotton candy · soufflé · meringue