Good Old Fruitcake

Good old fruitcake. Or bad old fruitcake. As we all know, fruitcake is one of those things that you either like or you hate, as Allison stated in her fruitcake bread post. I’m one of those who loves fruitcake. At least, I love THIS fruitcake. My mom and I make it every year near the end of November. She lets hers sit to “ripen” for a few weeks, while my loaves are lucky if they see the next day. Haha!

Fruitcake Bread

Fruitcake brings either a smile or a frown to your face. For generations, there have been jokes about fruitcake and a fruitcake always seems to be the gift that keeps giving at company gift exchanges. When I was a kid, I will admit, fruitcake wasn’t my favorite. I always ate one piece to be polite. When I got older, I discovered a pecan fruitcake from east Texas that everyone in the office coveted.