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12 Fruitcake Recipes That Taste Nothing Like Grandma’s

By Alexia Dellner
| Nov. 21, 2017
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12 Fruitcake Recipes That Taste Nothing Like Grandma’s
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Fruitcake gets a bad rap, but when done right, it’s the ultimate holiday breakfast, afternoon treat or festive dessert. Loaded with dried fruit, crunchy nuts and aromatic spices, these recipes will turn all the fruitcake cynics into true believers. Plus, many of them can often be made weeks or even months in advance, so you've got one less thing to worry about come Christmas Day.

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Classic Fruitcake with Salted Maple Syrup
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Don’t skimp on the cherries.  

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Made with dried apricots, cherries, figs, prunes, raisins, pears, peaches and apples—all soaked in dark rum.

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Gingered Christmas Fruitcake With Rustic Decorations
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Gingered Christmas Fruitcake with Rustic Decorations

Looks great, tastes even better.

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Gluten Free Rich Fruit Cake
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Gluten-Free Rich Fruit Cake

What dietary restrictions?

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Rich Rum Fruitcake with Coconut Cream Cheese Icing
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Rich Rum Fruitcake with Coconut Cream Cheese Icing

Clearly inspired by classic snowball snack cakes.

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Bundt Cake Fruitcake

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Old English Fruitcake Recipe
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Dark, rich and full of spice.

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Icebox Fruitcake

Short on oven space? No problem.

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Fruitcake White Chocolate Fudge
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Bite-size desserts are the best desserts.

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With cream cheese frosting, natch.

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