On Fruit Cake

Ever associated with the holiday season is the gift of the traditional fruit cake. While some fruit cakes are good, there are many that are not and it is due to them that the rest have gained their negative reputation. The ingredients are a primary, if not the most important, factor in determining whether or not the fruit cake can be deemed edible. If the fruits are not compatible when they are not baked into something, chances are that the recipient is not going to think much of them when they are baked into a cake. It is also dependant on these ingredients as to whether or not your fruit cake will last just a season or will last a decade or so.

Another factor is the appearance of the cake. There is great importance in one remembering that for an individual to have any desire to eat something that it absolutely must look edible. The look of a moldy sponge or that of an object having been coated in shellac is likely to bring neither admirers nor a wiliness to taste. Unfortunately, if these standards are not met the recipient often begins to look into other options for use of the cake as when deemed non-edible the purpose of the fruit cake can become numerous. Consider, as ever so many people have pointed out over the years, it can make a lovely door stop. And another option is a festive center piece to be used year after year in remembrance of jolly Christmas’ past. Or one might even turn it into a nice candle holder.

So, in conclusion, whether you are pretending to be some minor character with no name from a Dickens or Austen story while you eat your fruit cake or you have chosen to avoid it all together, have a very merry time as you celebrate this Christmas Eve! ♥