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Fruitcake or fruit cake is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom , certain rich versions may be iced and decorated . Fruitcakes are usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas .
One of the bakery's earliest fundraising partners was Civitan International; since 1951, local Civitans have sold millions of pounds of Claxton fruitcake each holiday season in support of their work with the developmentally disabled. [1] A little over a decade later, in 1964 and 1965, the company was part of the New York World's Fair. Mr.
The Georgia Fruitcake Company was founded by Ira S. Womble, Sr. of Claxton. Womble began his career in the bakery business as an apprentice to Savino Gillio-Tos, the founder and owner of The Claxton Bakery, where he worked alongside Albert Parker, the future owner of the bakery and the person who would take The Claxton Bakery worldwide.
Once one of the most popular cakes around, fruitcake, a dense bread-like cake studded with candied fruits, has become a national joke in the US., many calling it one of the worst holiday gifts.
It has been stated that the first published election cake recipe appeared in 1796 in American Cookery. [35] Plum cake recipes in the fruitcake style appeared in early cookbooks in the Southern United States, and did not actually call for plums. [36] After 1830 plum cake was often referred to as fruit cake or black cake. [13]
A few years ago, my father arranged to send me a mail-order fruitcake at Christmastime. Made in Texas, it was famous among fruitcake lovers—or, at least, among people who gave fruitcakes to ...
Dundee cake recipes often incorporate ingredients like butter, sugar, lemon zest, orange zest, marmalade, flour, baking powder, eggs, milk, dried fruit, glacé cherries, candied citrus peel, currants, sultanas, ground almonds, and finally blanched almonds for a decorative finish. The only ingredients allowed according to the Protected ...
Fruitcake Cookies. Recipe courtesy of Jane Malphrus. 1 lb fruitcake mix. 1/4 lb candied pineapple chopped. 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 cups chopped pecans. 5 ounces dates, chopped