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I can't get enough of the Christmas Fruitcake!

From the lens Christmas Fruitcake : A Delicious Recipe for a Holiday Tradition.


Ask the Fruitcake Lady: Everything You Would Already Know If You Had Any Sense


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Have any fond Fruitcake memories? Do you have a favorite fruitcake? Love getting a fruitcake for Christmas or not???

  • virtualboy Apr 18, 2012 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    I sure do
  • kiwinana71 Mar 9, 2012 @ 6:32 pm | delete
    I like my fruit cake. Can eat it any day of the year.
    Thanks for sharing.
  • GetFactsnotHype Jan 26, 2012 @ 7:59 pm | delete
    I like fruitcake, even though I do not celebrate Christmas.
  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Jan 8, 2012 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    Sans plastic fruit, we might have a deal!
  • sorana Dec 30, 2011 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    I didn't know there was a National Fruitcake Day. I love fruitcake especially for Christmas.
  • cffutah Dec 23, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    use this more for a gag gift, sorry.
  • KathyT Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    When I was a twirler (majorette) in High School, we actually had to go door-to-door selling holiday fruit cakes as a fundraiser. Talk about a tough way to go! ha ha! I personally do NOT like fruitcake, but my hubby loves them - at least the way his family makes them. Great lens! :) Kath
  • KathyMcGraw Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    Fruitcake is not a tradition in my family, but it does remind me of the Christmas's I spent in Romania ;) Now I know where to go if I ever need a recipe. *Blessed*
  • StacyBirch Dec 22, 2011 @ 2:03 am | delete
    I'm not so into fruitcake, but my mom says it reminds her of Christmas.
  • feliciasfavs Dec 21, 2011 @ 12:07 am | delete
    I quest-liked this lens not because anyone who is brave enough to attempt to change my mind about fruitcake deserves to be acknowledged but because Jaguar Julie's fruitcake recipe lens has won me over!
  • BusyMOM Dec 19, 2011 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    I make fruitcake almost every year. Great lens. Come and see mine for Christmas Appetizers when you have a moment. All the best!
  • baby-strollers Dec 10, 2011 @ 9:34 pm | delete
    Oh man - I *love* christmas fruitcake! Always had it when I was just a boy....
  • JJNW Nov 29, 2011 @ 2:37 am | delete
    YUM! Another DELICIOUS lens by you! Happy Holidays, Julie!
  • sousababy Nov 25, 2011 @ 9:13 pm | delete
    I enjoy fruitcake most of the time, however sometimes the store bought ones will have this orange-yellow colored fake fruit that tastes awful and it just spoils it for me. Sometimes I try to pick these pieces out. Way better is to have a homemade one from someone like you. Thanks for sharing the recipe and some great books too.
    Happy holidays!
  • MiaBellezza Nov 24, 2011 @ 9:12 am | delete
    I love getting fruitcake for Christmas!
  • Northwestphotos Nov 22, 2011 @ 6:12 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake! The more candied cherries and nuts in it, the better! And I like to spread a little margarine on a slice as well.
  • John_Michael Nov 19, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    My mother makes a "blonde" fruitcake that is to die for... pineapple, cherries and pecans.
  • LaraineRose Nov 19, 2011 @ 6:47 am | delete
    I love fruitcake and used to make 2 or 3 every September, wrap them in wax paper, put them in a special metal tin and let them cure until December. I've tried the cakes from the store and they are terrible. It is no wonder people are turned off of them. The fruit is crazy high-priced and my family don't like them as much as I do. I think that my liking them comes from a tradition that our family had. Too long to tell about here but I did mention it in my Maid of the Mist lens. Not a ploy to get you there!!
    Congratulations on getting the purple star for this. I am not surprised.
  • LiliLove Nov 16, 2011 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    Great lens! I never made a fruitcake. After reading this lens, I will try to bake one. Thanks for sharing :)!
  • KimGiancaterino Nov 16, 2011 @ 10:24 am | delete
    Ho ho ho ... 'tis the season for fruitcake. My favorite is made by monks and is only available in December. I think Williams & Sonoma still carry it. Will have to see. Merry Christmas!
  • trektark Nov 3, 2011 @ 5:34 pm | delete
    I'm the only one in my family who likes fruitcake! They all think I am a fruitcake!
  • All_for_Christmas Nov 1, 2011 @ 11:18 am | delete
    hmmmm, yummy! :-)
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 23, 2011 @ 7:06 am | delete
    I love fruitcake but I've never tried making it. It could be fun
  • Koupie Oct 17, 2011 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    My mom used to make it when I was a kid growing up in Britain, I didn't mind it if it had marzipan on it :) then they would have it with cheese and Port or Sherry at New Years.
  • NTxWriter Oct 9, 2011 @ 9:37 am | delete
    I know fruitcakes give a lot of teasing but I love them! Your recipe sounds delicious and I'll try it this year.
  • SoonerOrLater Oct 3, 2011 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    I may just try one of these recipes; they look good.
  • MysticTurtle Sep 22, 2011 @ 6:30 pm | delete
    I never understood why fruitcake gets such a bad rap.
  • reedjanet71 Aug 12, 2011 @ 11:34 pm | delete
    I am in the mood to bake!
  • blanckj Jun 4, 2011 @ 6:05 am | delete
    I'm okay with fruitcake, but I love my mom's. She makes it in November right after Thanksgiving and wraps it in cheesecloth and stores it in a steaming kettle for a month. Each day, she pours a bottle of brandy or rum (usually alternating) and lets it soak in. Believe it or not, it's only moist after a month of this. There is so much liquor in this fruit cake, you can get drunk just off the fumes. The kids are NOT allowed to have it. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
  • Philippians468 Jan 9, 2011 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    great ideas! thank you for the lens. im hungry just reading it!
  • Fignewton37 Jan 1, 2011 @ 4:58 pm | delete
    I don't have any fond fruitcake memories as a child. To my knowledge my parents never bought a fruitcake. I had my first fruitcake when I was an adult and, particularly after I was married, I buy a fruitcake every year during the holidays. I enjoy them and I can't understand why actors in movies or tv shows always put them down. Same with meatloaf and spam. I love them also. Great lens. I will have to try some of your recipes. They look absolutely delicious. Thanks.
  • SouthernPatriots Dec 26, 2010 @ 3:51 am | delete
    When we were young children we thought fruit cakes were to be sliced with a sharp cleaver and then the slices used to throw around and use for various purposes, except eating. As adults we began to research fruit cakes (along with other dishes) and found we could make delicious and moist fruit cakes which family and friends love. Thank God, we do not receive fruit cakes as gifts, but give them as gifts to others and receive rave testimonials.
  • kiwisoutback Dec 23, 2010 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    My grandmother in law always makes fruitcake around the holidays. Hers was good, others I have had -- not so good. I wouldn't mind getting a fruit cake from her, but from other people I might cringe.
  • purplelady Dec 23, 2010 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    I am not a Christmas Fruitcake fan. I don't like the dried fruits. But my ex-Mother-in-law fixed a non-traditional fruitcake many years ago and I loved it. It was made by replacing the dried fruit with gumdrops. I am featured your Christmas Fruitcake on my Christmas Gum Drop cake new lens. Hope you will check it out.
  • WildFacesGallery Dec 22, 2010 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    I admit your fruitcake photos make it look quite moist and yummy. Not much of a fruit cake lover but my mom loves the stuff. So maybe try and bake one up quick. Hmm.
  • carolbrusegar Dec 21, 2010 @ 3:25 pm | delete
    I've never understood the bad rap that fruitcake gets! My mother, cousin and I always enjoyed fruitcake at Christmas. My mother had a simple recipe that was good. The rest of the family didn't like it; so we got it all! Your recipes look great!
  • aidenw Dec 21, 2010 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake but didn't know the first recipe dated back to ancient Rome. Interesting and yummy lens. Makes me want to eat a piece right now! Merry Christmas!
  • MusicalKay28 Dec 21, 2010 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    I have not had fruitcake, I have heard bad stories about Christmas fruitcakes.
  • maxnic11 Dec 17, 2010 @ 8:08 am | delete
    Fruitcake is ace!
  • maxnic11 Dec 16, 2010 @ 6:42 am | delete
    lovely lens,merry christmas!
  • WordCustard Dec 12, 2010 @ 8:47 am | delete
    And a very Merry Christmas to you too! I hope you get to enjoy your Christmas Fruitcake with all your nearest and dearest.
  • lasertek Dec 7, 2010 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    We never missed out on Fruitcake every Christmas. It is either somebody gives us a box or we purchase it from the shops. It would be nice to have it homemade this year.
  • Dec 3, 2010 @ 11:39 am | delete
    I Love this lens! It is wonderful! Thank you.
  • Dec 1, 2010 @ 5:17 pm | delete
    Christmas..a good time for a treat...great lens..
  • mcochs Dec 1, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    Awesome lens,Julie! Love Fruitcake myself,though I'm the only one in my family who does.
  • Susan52 Nov 29, 2010 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    My husband looks forward to fruitcake every year. I've never tried making one, but I really should. It would actually be a great gift.
  • TeamSTM Nov 28, 2010 @ 11:31 am | delete
    Fruitcake and Eggnog, I can't have a Christmas without it!!!
  • rgasperson Nov 23, 2010 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    I grew up hearing the worst things about fruitcake. To this day, I don't think I have ever tasted any. I think I am going to have to bake one this year. Awesome lens.
  • Sylvestermouse Nov 21, 2010 @ 9:21 am | delete
    My husband and my father both love fruitcake at Christmas. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
  • ajgodinho Nov 20, 2010 @ 11:39 am | delete
    Beautiful lens! I love Christmas fruitcake. Back in Goa, India, we used to make different types of Christmas sweets and fruitcake used to be one of them. We would all get together and join in the fun making Christmas treats!
  • poutine Oct 31, 2010 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    My sister makes the best fruitcake of all.
  • ohcaroline Oct 31, 2010 @ 2:28 pm | delete
    Oh I really LIKE fruitcake. I would eat it year round if it was available. My favorite, which I order every year is from the Collin Street Bakery in Texas. When I get to journey there I will be looking them up. Who could resist?
  • jhofman Oct 29, 2010 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    I actually really enjoy fruitcake. It's too bad they have been the brunt of jokes in recent years. A good one is a very enjoyable holiday treat. A bad one can be used as a doorstop. Nicely done lens...lensrolled to my "Glogg" lens. Another wonderful holiday tradition.
  • athomemomblog Oct 18, 2010 @ 11:29 am | delete
    My grandmother used to make fruitcake every year (still does, I suppose, but I live too far away to get it) and send a chunk to us. It was wonderful! Thick, dark and so full of rum you practically got drunk off it. And, when my other grandmother was still alive, she would send us one that was completely the opposite, light, fluffy, barely any alcohol and full of huge chunks of fruit. :) I want to make some, but never remember in time!
  • flowergardener Sep 9, 2010 @ 5:06 pm | delete
    They are beautiful, but I really don't like them!
  • KimGiancaterino Dec 17, 2009 @ 1:43 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake this time of year, and used to buy one from Williams & Sonoma that was made by monks. I'm not sure if they still make it, but it was an annual fundraiser for the monastery. It was pretty tasty fruitcake too!
  • Kimboo Dec 14, 2009 @ 7:43 am | delete
    Fruitcake is given a bad rap due to all of the terrible, commercially processed ones sold at stores for 3 dollars. Try a really good home made one and you will fall in love with fruitcake! I also love Buffet's song, Fruitcakes!!!!!! My favorite.
  • rockycha Dec 11, 2009 @ 11:14 am | delete
    I'm not a fruitcake fan, but I am a fruitcake :) Thanks so much for visiting my snomingo's, lol I'm not even done with it yet! ***** for your fruitcakies - lensrolled to my treetoppers - Thank You!
  • momto4 Nov 15, 2009 @ 11:06 am | delete
    For some reason I've never tried fruitcake. I'll have to try your recipe and see if I like it. It sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
  • hlkljgk Nov 11, 2009 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    i think i might try making some fruitcake cookies this year - got any good recipes?
  • shannonpatricia Nov 9, 2009 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    I love fruit cake. While my Dad was still living I baked him one every year.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 25, 2009 @ 3:06 pm | in reply to PensiveKatie | delete
    I think you are right, its those green cherries that have turned fruit cake into the classic regifting joke! Time to stop and try some of these recipes! 5*
  • PensiveKatie Oct 12, 2009 @ 7:51 am | delete
    Trust me here people, if you want to discover why fruitcake used to be treasured we need to trash all of our recipes with those horrid green cherries. Yuck!

    THIS is the best, yummiest recipe for REAL fruitcake, basted with bourbon and filled with yummy fruit and cake. SOooooo good!
    http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-make-fruitcake
  • BusyQueen Apr 25, 2009 @ 10:07 pm | delete
    Well, hey Julia! I just found your lens through a search engine. I just did a lens on TheFruitcake Lady a few weeks ago, you gotta come see it! Oh, your lens is beautiful, of course and yes fruitcake is awesome and makes a great Christmas gift.
    5*****'s Zippideedooda!
  • 2Eklectik Dec 16, 2008 @ 10:10 pm | delete
    I'm the only one in my family that loves fruitcake. Every year my wife gets me one, but has not yet been tempted enough to try it. Maybe this year I'll make my own and get the kids to try some too. It's never too early to start loving Fruitcake. Thanks for the recipe.
  • awelldressedbullet Dec 16, 2008 @ 7:38 am | delete
    Julie, another absolutely delicious lens! They actually said a fruitcake would be a pitiful gift? Shame on them! Wishing you, your family, and friends, a wonderful holiday hun! - Kathy
  • momsherbs Dec 13, 2008 @ 10:19 am | delete
    I love your squidoo pages. They always look so nice. I do remember the fruitcake lady on Jay Leno, she was sooooo funny - lol!
  • Shelly Dec 8, 2008 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    Just finished wrapping up my 2nd batch of fruitcake last week to let them age a bit. I learned from you to use a 300 degree oven, my husband's aunt didn't provide a temp, so I was using 350! These are the prettiest ever--Tipi already ate one from the first batch & is waiting for another one--she's a little, tiney thing & can afford the calories while it's best that I just smell them! Hope you are enjoying your retirement.
  • Joan4 Dec 8, 2008 @ 3:18 pm | delete
    Hubby loves Claxton's! Thank goodness! I made 7 fruitcakes one year. Crossed that off my list of experiences! lol They were good, but much much work! Pretty lens! Even if one does not eat fruitcake, it is pretty and it smells so good in the oven! Yum!
  • MarketPipeline Dec 7, 2008 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Fruitcakes get a bad rap. I remember my Mom made the best ones for the holidays when I was a kid.
  • TheWhistler Dec 5, 2008 @ 7:46 pm | delete
    I have to say that I am not at all enamored with North American fruit cake, now British fruit cake, that's a whole other story, love it! Love the icing, love the marzipan, love the currents. Could eat the whole thing all by myself.

    Thanks for the lens.
  • Gordon_Hamilton Dec 5, 2008 @ 4:21 am | delete
    Love this lens - but unfortunately I don't like cakes or anything sweet! I'll recommend your ideas to friends and family. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
  • scss Nov 24, 2008 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    Every year I make a Light Almond Fruit Cake, that is not so heavy, and features almonds... It is totally divine!

    Helene Malmsio
  • Nov 24, 2008 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake but I've never tried making it myself. I was afraid I'll mess it up. Your directions make it sound easy. I might give it a try.
    Great lens,
    BJ
  • nooranwer Nov 18, 2008 @ 7:50 am | delete
    Yummy lens.... I love it
  • EverythingMouse Nov 9, 2008 @ 10:31 am | delete
    I only ever eat fruit cake at Christmas time - and that is only because I have to do that to get the icing from the traditional British Christmas cake. My Mum only used to let me have the icing if I had the cake and I think my guilt has stuck with me!
  • Susan52 Nov 5, 2008 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    My husband loves fruitcake and looks forward to one every year. I've never made one, never in all our years of marriage (imagine that). This year, I think I'll make him one using your Bourbon Fruitcake recipe. It sounds good - lots of nuts, not a lot of fruit, which is my favorite kind of fruitcake (light on the fruit = nut cake?). Anyway, great job on the lens! SquidAngel blessings from me to you for helping solve a gift-giving problem this year!
  • jeffwend Oct 23, 2008 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    It looks good. I know I am biased, but I have to say that my Mom still makes the best fruitcake ever.
  • Shelly Oct 22, 2008 @ 11:09 am | delete
    Hi--my sister Tipi, sent me over to food to check out a lens and I found you. Many fruitcakes aren't worth eating. I've found the secrete to making them all taste good--coconut rum. I soak the fruit in it and drizzle the cakes with it before wrapping with brandied cheesecloth. Do the drizzle and wrap to an ohum cake and let it sit a few days and suddenly it is delicious! Personally, I don't know if anything can help a cake with citron, but each to his own. I first started making fruitcake 4 years ago after getting my husband's aunt's recipe--she didn't list the alcohol, I got lucky my first try--very popular with family.
  • debnet Oct 20, 2008 @ 9:30 pm | delete
    Yummy...I'm almost drooling now! Of course, in the UK (and elsewhere for all I know) traditional wedding cakes would be 2 or more tiers, with the top tier being saved for the couples first child's christening. the same recipe would be used in families for wedding and christmas cakes. lensrolled to 'christmas crackers' :)
  • topstuff Oct 20, 2008 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    you have made me hungry now, lol. I love your lens, the way it looks, the information, everything, well done, 5 stars for sure
  • Jimmie Oct 19, 2008 @ 10:47 pm | delete
    I'm not a big fan of the Claxton Fruitcakes. But homemade -- now that's divine!
  • ArtByLinda Oct 19, 2008 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    I love the fruitcake lady, but personally not too crazy about the cake itself. But this lens sure makes it look good! well done, 5*
  • nightbear Oct 19, 2008 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    It is those green and blue unidentifiable so called fruits in it that turned me off. Love cake and nuts, but not those plastic fruits. Great lens despite the flavor.
  • ThomasC Oct 19, 2008 @ 4:48 pm | delete
    I do not like fruitcake, but I do love your lens work! Beautiful lens here! Very worthy of an Angel Blessing! 5 stars as well.
    ThomasC
  • mulberry Oct 19, 2008 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    I'll confess, I've never tried it. I've only heard the jokes and negative comments. My guess is that it's pretty good when it's homemade. Maybe I'll get brave this year!
  • Stazjia Oct 19, 2008 @ 11:41 am | delete
    Here in the UK almost everybody has a fruitcake for Christmas and birthdays. I quite like it occasionally. As for a pitiful gift, the cost of making the best fruitcakes really mounts up with all the fruit and nuts, let alone hours in a low oven to bake it with rising energy costs.
  • JustBon-Crochet-Designs Oct 19, 2008 @ 10:57 am | delete
    My hubby's a Brit, and it is a tradition over there to have Christmas Cake, essentially a fruitcake covered with a layer of marzipan and then white icing (to give it a Christmassy, snowy look). His mom makes it every year and it's one of the things he misses about Christmas, now living in the US. Great lens. 5*s
  • stargazer00 Oct 19, 2008 @ 9:58 am | delete
    I like it if it has lots of nuts in it, but a little goes a long way!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 11, 2008 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake but I don't know if I would be willing to make it... Too much work.
    Great Lens.
    Lizzy
  • lakeerieartists Sep 11, 2008 @ 8:04 am | delete
    My father got fruitcake every year from his patients. He loved it and ate the whole thing himself because no one else in the family liked it. Welcome to the Comfort Food Group.
  • dc64 Sep 2, 2008 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    I also love fruitcake and i don't know why it has such a bad rap! I mean, real fruitcake is amazing (not the cheap grocery store kind). No one gives me fruitcake for Christmas :( Look people...I love fruitcake! Buy me fruitcake!

    Oh, yea, thanks for the recipes, I need them. 5 stars, favorite, and lensroll.
  • KimGiancaterino May 22, 2008 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    I love fruitcake... I know it's awful for you, but once a year isn't so bad!

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