Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits.
- noun Slang A crazy or an eccentric person.
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- noun A
cake containingdried fruits and, optionally,nuts ,citrus peel andspice . - noun colloquial, derogatory A
crazy oreccentric person. - noun US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated A male
homosexual .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- noun a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a fruitcake related side note, the competitive eating record for fruitcake is 4-lbs 14-oz eaten in 10 minutes.
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"Do you really need to ask why fruitcake is at the very bottom of the barrel?"
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In a fruitcake related side note, the competitive eating record for fruitcake is 4-lbs 14-oz eaten in 10 minutes.
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A real fruitcake is always very moist, but a little rum makes them heavenly.
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And he goes on to suggest the Democrat has a-- quote -- "fruitcake" -- "fruitcake interpretation" of the United States Constitution.
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The nice thing about fruitcake is that it’s a fairly dry dessert so will pair with most sweet and semi-sweet wines very well.
Christmas fruitcake: impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Love it, hate it, love to hate it -- you might call fruitcake the canned cranberry sauce of Christmas.
The Daily Meal: Liquid Fruitcake: 12 Fruitcake-Flavored Cocktails The Daily Meal 2010
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Love it, hate it, love to hate it -- you might call fruitcake the canned cranberry sauce of Christmas.
The Daily Meal: Liquid Fruitcake: 12 Fruitcake-Flavored Cocktails The Daily Meal 2010
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Love it, hate it, love to hate it -- you might call fruitcake the canned cranberry sauce of Christmas.
The Daily Meal: Fruitcake-Flavored Cocktails The Daily Meal 2010
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Love it, hate it, love to hate it -- you might call fruitcake the canned cranberry sauce of Christmas.
The Daily Meal: Fruitcake-Flavored Cocktails The Daily Meal 2010
dontcry commented on the word fruitcake
"The longer you keep it, the better it gets." Ahhh. So that's the trick. You never actually eat it, THEN it's delicious!
October 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word fruitcake
I can do that.
October 8, 2008
frindley commented on the word fruitcake
It's more complicated than that. At least in the frindley household, you have to take it down off the top of the pantry cupboard every three months or so and dowse it in brandy. Then wrap it back up in the heavy brown-paper wrapping and return it to the top of the cupboard. Then after about 12 to 18 months of that you have the most wonderful, wonderful creation, ready to be covered in a thin layer of marzipan, followed by two layers of delicately tinted fondant icing, and finally decorated with elegant swirling curlicues of royal icing in a slightly paler shade. Modelled fondant flowers are optional. Personally, I think my best cake of all was the one surmounted by a fondant muddleheaded wombat, made for my sister's birthday.
October 8, 2008