Fruitcake Recipes
Fragrant spices and dried fruit make fruitcake a perfect winter treat. We’ve got dozens of wonderful fruitcake recipes.
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Christmas Wreath Cake
"This recipe is exactly the recipe my grandmother made. The only change I make is substituting pecans for walnuts and adding a 1/2 teaspoon of mace." – sistahcat
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White Fruit Cake
"My husband wanted to make a fruitcake like his mother used to make, and this looked close to her recipe. We took one bite and could not stop eating. DECADENT!" – Karen
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Christmas Cherry Cake
"Easy to make and smells so good! I used multi-coloured glace cherries and added finely chopped almonds and pistachios." – Linda
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Grandma Leone's Fruit Cake
"This recipe has been handed down for three generations, and I now want to share it with all of you." – Debbie Doo
Christmas Fruitcake
It's a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap. With its two key ingredients--rum and butter--it ought to be a hit. This recipe includes dried cherries, mango, cranberries, and currants soaked in rum overnight (a week or a month or more is even better). After it's baked, it ages in cheesecloth with additional splashes of rum. Let it ripen for 10 weeks for best flavor.
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By Karen Uffelman
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Christmas Cake
This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. I wish that I had that old crock.
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By Carol
Rich Dark Fruitcake
This is my mother's very old recipe, at least 60 years old. My mother baked this for my wedding, and it sure is delicious and also a great Christmas cake. This is a very long recipe, but well worth the trouble. You can substitute a cup of drained maraschino cherries for the candied cherries, if you like.
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By Carol
