Fruitcake Recipes

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Cranberry Orange Cake

This cake was inspired by Italian-style cakes and is dotted with dried cranberries and scented with oranges and almonds. A glaze provides a little sweetness and the farina flour adds texture.

Spiced Rum Fruitcake

This fruitcake not only can be made weeks ahead, it tastes better that way! You can substitute Brazil nuts, pecans...


Upside-Down Fruitcake

I get tired of people bad-mouthing holiday fruitcakes. It's one of my favorite holiday flavors and I look forward to...


No-Candied-Fruit Fruitcake

Minus the candied fruit, this traditional cake has a positively natural taste. For those who bake their Christmas giveaways ahead,...


Cherry Pineapple Fruitcake

This is the finishing touch to our Christmas dinner. My family always claimed they didn't like fruitcake, but they love...

Bite-Size Fruitcakes

Meet the Cook: Because I didn't care for fruitcake, I had to have the recipe for this after I found...


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White Fruitcake

Our white fruitcake recipe modernizes the infamous Christmas fruitcake. Light, cakey and not weighed down by alcohol or molasses, we...

Mini Fruitcakes

Fruitcake always looked so festive to me but I did not like the hard citron fruit so I came up...


Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake

This was my dear grandmother's recipe. She was a farmer's wife and a very good cook. Even folks who don't...


Miniature Christmas Fruitcakes

I’ve found that people who normally won’t eat fruitcake make an exception when they sample these. Using mini muffin pans...


Grandma’s Molasses Fruitcake

This dense, dark, moist fruitcake was my grandmother's recipe. The flavor just gets better and better as it sits in...

Chocolate Chip Fruitcake

"Chocolate chips temp even those who don't care for fruitcake to try this one," says Ruth Peterson, Jenison, Michigan.


Southern Fruitcake

"I've never found anyone who didn't like this lovely fruitcake," remarks Ruth Marie Lyons of Boulder, Colorado.


Banana Nut Fruitcake

Combining two popular baked goods - banana bread and fruitcake - yielded this treat. Even people who don't care for...


Pecan Date Fruitcake

My husband grew up in Louisiana and has fond memories of his mother's fruitcake. I make this for him every...


Fresh Grapefruit Cake

This dessert's particularly good for a backyard barbecue. My husband enjoys it, and our 2-year-old son thinks we're having a...

Candy Orange Slice Fruitcake

My version of yule fruitcake has a citrusy twist. When you share it, be prepared to pass around the recipe.


Daisy’s Fruitcake

I added pecans and candied fruits to an apple cake recipe for my Texan take on traditional English fruitcake. —Daisy...


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Fruit Cake

This chewy, sweet and, most importantly, simple fruit cake recipe will bring joy to any holiday gathering. It's filled with...


Moist Applesauce Fruitcake

The recipe for this flavorful cake has been handed down in my husbands' family for four generations.


Jeweled Fruitcake

I promise this jeweled fruitcake is simply fantastic. Even my friends and family members who don’t normally care for fruitcake...


Coconut Fruitcake

A neighbor gave me this recipe when we first moved to this small town, saying it dated back to the...


Date-Nut Fruitcake

Unlike traditional fruitcake, with its dark color and dense texture, this fruitcake is light-colored and light-textured, flavored with orange, coconut,...


Apricot Fruitcake

My husband didn't care for fruitcake (which I love) - till he tasted this one. He and I have three...


Carrot Fruitcake

Even those who don't care for fruitcake love this special holiday dessert. It's a fun way to dress up that...

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