fruitcake
Candied loaf gift
Fruitcake is a dense cake containing candied fruits, nuts, and spices, often soaked in brandy or rum.
It's traditionally associated with Christmas and has a reputation for being heavy and long-lasting—jokes abound about regifting the same fruitcake for years.
In slang, fruitcake means an eccentric or crazy person: He's a total fruitcake.
The insult may also carry a homophobic edge, from the slang sense of fruit meaning gay man.
Eccentric or deranged person
- oddballEccentric individual
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- loonyAbsurdly irrational
- eccentricUnconventional in character
kook · crackpot · screwball · crazy · batty · bonkers · madcap · whacko
Preserved by sugar-coating
- cherriesSmall red drupes
- raisinsDried grape snack
- sultanasPale dried grapes
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
pecans · walnuts · almonds · citron · peel · marzipan · rum · brandy
Day of rest
- festiveCheerfully celebratory
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
- adventNotable arrival or emergence
- carolingFestive neighborhood singing
eggnog · tinsel · stocking · ornament · December · feast · celebration · gift
Dense nutty layered confection
- gateauFancy layered dessert
- coffeecakeStreusel-topped sweet bread
- teacakeSmall sweet bun
- kuchenGerman-style sweet bread
stollen · panettone · panforte · barmbrack · genoise · savarin · cassata · simnel
Inherited family treasure
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- generationalRelating to age groups
- homemadePrepared at one's residence
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
custom · grandmother · vintage · nostalgia · handed-down · family · baking · annual
nutcase
Eccentric or deranged person
eccentric · kook · crackpot · screwball · crazy · batty · bonkers · madcap · whacko · cuckoo
dense
Closely packed together
chewy · stodgy · crumbly · boozy · aged · soaked · matured · sticky · dark · spiced
candied
Preserved by sugar-coating
currants · pecans · walnuts · almonds · citron · peel · marzipan · rum · brandy · molasses
holiday
Day of rest
caroling · eggnog · tinsel · stocking · ornament · December · feast · celebration · gift · wrapped
torte
Dense nutty layered confection
- gateauFancy layered dessert
- coffeecakeStreusel-topped sweet bread
- teacakeSmall sweet bun
kuchen · stollen · panettone · panforte · barmbrack · genoise · savarin · cassata · simnel
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- generationalRelating to age groups
- homemadePrepared at one's residence
heritage · custom · grandmother · vintage · nostalgia · handed-down · family · baking · annual · preservation
- dessertscookies, pie, cupcakes, pudding, cheesecake
- Classic Dessertsbaked Alaska, Boston cream pie, bread pudding, cherries jubilee, cobbler
- festive foodsChristmas ham, Christmas pudding, Easter eggs, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce
- fruit baked goodsbanana bread, blueberry muffins, apple strudel, cherry strudel, raisin bread
- holiday bakingsugar cookies, gingerbread, yule log, peppermint bark, spritz cookies
- holiday sweetsgingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, gingerbread house, gingerbread men, gingerbread man
fruitcakesane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
normal · well-adjusted · level-headed · sound mind · sensible
fruitcakeconformist
One following accepted norms
conformer · follower · sheep · straight arrow · square
fruitcakeangel food cake
Foam-based white sponge
sponge cake · chiffon cake · genoise · soufflé · pound cake
- nutty as a fruitcakeExtremely eccentric or insane