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"I forget that Americans put nuts in their fruitcake and don't put in booze.

"No wonder Americans hate fruitcake. Who wants to eat a bunch of gummy un-crunchy nuts and dry cake?

"I am from Jamaica, and fruitcake there is descended from British fruitcakes. It starts, not with cake, not with fruit, but with ALCOHOL. Proper fruitcake should smell intoxicating when unwrapped and make you tingle upon finishing a (dense, rich, fudge, jammy) slice. Next year (I hope) I will make fruitcake, and I will start with a couple bottles of Appleton Gold Rum, if I can get them. One needs enough alcohol to soak the fruit, to soak the baked cakes at least twice during their ripening, and to keep the cook lubricated as well."

-- minoanmiss, 2018-12-07

[I like American fruitcake! But when the moist, boozy kind lands in front of me, I like that even more -- it doesn't happen often. In any case, whatever your feelings about fruitcake, enjoy the last evening of Channukah and the second Sunday of Advent!]