Friday, December 17, 2021

Fruitcake Delight?

Not so much. Lol! I've since learned that traditional English fruitcake bears none of the mysterious fluorescent-colored jellies found in American fruitcake. And despite its frighteningly festive appearance, this little bugger cost $20!! Gabby brought it home from the bakery, it sat in our fridge for a solid week or more (but allegedly could have lasted years longer ;), and I finally sliced it up for some fun family time!



Select your plate carefully (see how tiny the original is?!!)

Do I have to??

Graysen is (was) so intrigued by fruitcake lore, that he put it on his Christmas wishlist (along with a moped and a moped helmet :) I didn't want him to be triple disappointed on Christmas morning, so I'm glad the pre-Christmas taste test worked out. As you can see . . . the sticky gooiness of orange/raisin/papaya/nut/etc./etc. cake was not his favorite :)



Staring into the distance as I listed off the ingredients . . . did I really put that in my mouth??

Brennen thought, "Eh, not so bad!"

Caelan thought, "Ew. REALLY bad."

Gabby made it all possible, hee hee :) I don't know that we'll be buying Christmas fruitcake again anytime soon. But a trip to England to get the real deal is not out of the question (by the way that's now on MY Christmas wishlist, lol :)

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