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fruitcake

[froot-keyk] / ˈfrutˌkeɪk /






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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

But the honor for the oldest known existing fruitcake goes to one that was baked in 1878 when Rutherford B. Hayes was president of the United States.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

The Roman fruitcake was a mash of barley, honey, wine and dried fruit, often pomegranate seeds.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

Mrs. Weasley, however, had sent the family owl, Errol, with an enormous fruitcake and assorted meat pies.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

As Dean Harper, founder at the private chef services brand Harper Fine Dining, notes, "There is a community in America that annually gathers to launch fruitcakes into extinction."

From Salon Dec. 17, 2023

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

When I learned that in the United Kingdom fruitcakes are often paired with cheese, I was smitten.

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2022

As if her fruitcakes were edible, or her turkey done all the way to the bone.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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