fruitcake

Example Sentences

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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

Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition: The website Serious Eats reports that over 2 million fruitcakes are still sold each year.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

America's two most famous fruitcake companies, Claxton's of Claxton, Georgia, and Collin Street of Corsicana, Texas, got their start in this heyday of mail-order food.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

A 1953 Los Angeles Times article called fruitcake a "holiday must," and in 1958, the Christian Science Monitor asked, "What Could Be a Better Gift Than Fruitcake?"

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

The fruitcake stayed perfect in the tin and the apple juice was fizzy but not totally undrinkable and the dried apricots were fine, as was the huge thick slab of chocolate wrapped in brown paper.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff