Love love fruitcake! Learned to make it with my grandmother about 50 yr ago. Couldn't wait for Christmas to come around. It was also used for most wedding cakes back in the day. It was cute., wrapped and placed in lil cake boxes for the guests to take home. The big cake at he reception was actually fake with only one real layer to have the bride and groom cut. I would go around taking all the boxes that guests left behind. Lol Last time I made fruitcake was with a South African friend. We put so much Booze in it (started in sept). When we took it to work (we are both nurses) people were going crazy over it. All that was left behind was the cheesecloth it was wrapped and soaked in. Made fruitcake lovers out of non-believers.

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