I LOVE fruitcake and so do all my family.. as I am in China most of the year I have make everybody in my family a nice big one during the summer holiday when I am home. Then I douse them with brandy and little orange liquer and wrap them tightly in foil. They taste great by Christmas!! I even bring two large ones back to China with me and disappear very fast when I put them out to share.

I make an English recipe, no pineapple or candy, mostly raisins, walnuts, currants, and some peel from citrus fruit, dark brown sugar, treacle(molasses) lots of eggs, good butter and flour. I put marzipan on them I can find it ( like hen's teeth in China) but just in case I can't get it I cover the top with almonds ( like a dundee cake - ask Killearn Kitties LOL).

I was shocked by all the jokes about "fruit cake" in North America you are missing out if you haven't had any of the good stuff!