It's National Fruitcake Day! (Dec 27)

[KellytheBelly]

Got leftover fruitcake? The beauty of this bread of fruit-nutty (hold the nuts) loaf is known for its shelf life of many, many moons (depending on how it's stored), and it can be re-gifted for next Christmas!

[Not a fan of fruitcake? And, yah wanna toss that bread? Next month, on January 3rd, it's 'National Fruitcake Toss Day' (aka your lucky day!) [source: National Day Calendar/YouTube]. Or, you can use them as 'bricks,' like Pee-wee Herman! *wink* [source: YouTube]. Or! You could just keep them somewhere for sentimental reasons. The non-fruitcake lover options are endless!]

National Fruitcake Day

Made with chopped candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices and sometimes soaked in spirits, fruitcake has been a holiday gift-giving tradition for many years.

Across the United States, fruitcake lovers young and old, commemorate National Fruitcake Day each year on December 27th. [source: National Day Calendar]

✨  Fruitcake [source: WIKI]

✨  Why Does Fruitcake Last So Long? [source: Scientific American/SCIAM]

✨  A Brief History of Fruitcake [source: Mental Floss]

✨  The Misunderstood Fruitcake Has A Magnificent Shelf Life — And History [source: PBS.org]

✨  The Infamous Fruitcake Joke (Johnny Carson) [source: © Collin Street Bakery]

✨  FRUIT CAKE - How to make FRUITCAKE (Recipe) [source: YouTube]

✨  Tom Cruise, Jay Leno Make Fruitcake, 2003 TV w/91-Year-Old Aunt of Truman Capote 

        [source: YouTube]

✨  Retro Spectrum: Does Anyone Like Fruitcake? [YouTube Short]

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Well, I hope you've enjoyed this fruitcake fun-time overload. It turns out that fruitcakes can be fun, and delicious!

Let's...
'Look at the world as a big fruitcake. It wouldn't be complete without a few nuts in it.'

Signed,
The Ubiquitous Fruitcake. *chef's kiss*

[Jason2020LovesKelly · Accepted solution]

I didn't know there was this much to fruitcake lore/culture. I especially liked the building of an extra wing of the Playhouse option. 🏘  Great job curating fruitcake! 

[EricC28201]

I like Fruitcake with a little Butter (or Oleo) on it.

[jonibee · Accepted solution]

Figi's use to have a nice fruitcake with spirits in it and it was very tasty. Then they stopped their food part of their business so I went to Gramma's Fruitcake which is equally good..My husband and I use to enjoy it every Christmas..The ones that I like don't have citron (hard fruit)...

[Jason2020LovesKelly · Accepted solution]

I didn't know there was this much to fruitcake lore/culture. I especially liked the building of an extra wing of the Playhouse option. 🏘  Great job curating fruitcake!