fruit cakes

Dense holiday desserts

Fruitcakes are dense, heavy cakes made with candied fruits, nuts, and spices, traditionally served during holidays.

They're notorious for being regifted or sitting uneaten for years: That fruitcake has been in the family since 1987.

Fruitcake is also slang for an eccentric or crazy person: He's a complete fruitcake.

Related

baking · quirkiness · eccentricity · plum pudding · treats · mince pie · doorstop · dessert · brandy · fruitcake · cinnamon · nutmeg · British cuisine · Victorian era · great aunt · holiday tradition · cherries · holidays

Opposites
cake density and texture

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Foam-based white sponge

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cake composition and ingredients

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Bean-flavored baked dessert

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cultural perception and desirability

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Baked cocoa dessert

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Family

fruit, fruits, fruited, fruiting, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruitfulness, fruitlessly

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G