Homemade fruitcake is so good.
By Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
Canada
December 11, 2017 8:47am CST
With Christmas fast approaching people are preparing all their Christmas goodies to be enjoyed over the holidays. One of my favorite treats at Christmas time is fruit cake. My mom and my sister use to make the best fruitcakes but mom is no longer with us and my sister doesn't make it anymore either. It is something that I never learned how to make and nobody in my family would eat it anyway.
It is hard to find a good fruitcake. The ones they sell at the stores just aren't the same. I prefer the dark one over the light one. We do have a small local bakery that makes it but it is hard to get because they sell out as quickly as they make it.
I am craving a piece of fruitcake right now. Do you like fruutcake?
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44 responses
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Dec 17
I must like fruitcake because I look at one in the mirror every day.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
11 Dec 17
I have never had fruit cake before to be honest.
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@sallypup (61158)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Dec 17
I just mailed off three fruitcakes today. I wish you were near me. Mine has real dried fruit in it and butter and eggs from our hens. Its the dark fruitcake. Molasses and honey not refined sugar. Wheat flour. Pecans. Dense and oh so savory.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
11 Dec 17
That is good. I dont have a sweet tooth either but i do like a piece of fruitcake once a year.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 Dec 17
I don't mind them. And is we are to be in an apocalypse, well when preserved right fruitcake can last for up to 100 years so it isn't too bad haha!
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe We will all have twinkies and fruit cakes at the end of the world!
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
11 Dec 17
When I was a kid I heard a lot about fruitcake and how delicious they were. But when I tried it, it's something that I didn't want to try again. just not my taste.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
11 Dec 17
That's so yummy looking..yes i like fruit cake
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@1creekgirl (41447)
• United States
11 Dec 17
I can tolerate it, but my husband won't eat fruit cake. He says there's only ever been one fruit cake and it just keeps getting regifted around the world.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Dec 17
I do not like store bought, I make 2 different type. What did the one your mom made have it in?
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
11 Dec 17
It was very similar to the one in the picture. Sadly I never got her recipe.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
11 Dec 17
oh yes my mom used to make her own fruitcake for christmas but not anymore since she had stroke. I missed her fruit cake
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
11 Dec 17
I like to eat fruitcake, but not very much of it. Have you tried looking on Amazon for fruitcake.
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@rebelann (112877)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Dec 17
When dad was stationed in Germany mom learned how to make a German Christmas stollen and when dad was stationed back to the US she'd make it a point to make one every Christmas, I'd had the store bought kind but those never could hold a candle to hers @sallypup There's something about homemade that just can't be beat, probably the love that goes into them.
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@sallypup (61158)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Dec 17
@rebelann One of the horrors of my Mom's dementia: she insisted on having a fruitcake sent from some monks to us. We had homemade fruitcake right at hand but she could not get that in her head. That sent fruitcake?? I am sorry. I finally tossed it out. Even the chickens did not need it. It had a super heavy after taste. The shortening in it must have been rancid. Just nasty. Not like my home done fruitcake. Worst ever.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
12 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe Did you checked?
A link from this side-
christmas cake recipe, fruit cake recipe, plum cake recipe with step by step photo/video. aka kerala plum cake or xmas cake or kerala christmas fruit cake.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Dec 17
My husband and I love fruitcake but have never made it. My Mom sends us the best fruitcake each year for Christmas. It is called "Grandma's Fruitcake". It comes from a company that makes it that is located in Dublin Ohio.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe Yes, we are both very grateful to my Mom for sending it to us yearly.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
That sounds good. That is a nice gift to receive.
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
12 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe I usually make it soon after Christmas, we buy dried fruits for Christmas (dates, figs, raisins) and I use the leftovers to make the fruitcake.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50270)
• United States
11 Dec 17
I love fruitcake, but like you I preferred my mama's. She can't cook anymore. I need to see if she wrote the recipe down.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Dec 17
Yes, I love fruit-cake,with lots of chopped walnuts! My mother made wonderful fruit cake, it was delicious:)
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe I really love fruitcake, but usually not the store-bought kind.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
@kobesbuddy i havent had a good store bought one
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