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We suggest you start by visiting the Fruitcake Recipe category in the Yahoo! Directory. There you'll find many a link to make these ubiquitous Christmas goodies. The ever-trusty AllRecipe.com also boasts a dedicated Fruitcake category. And British cooking celebrity Delia Smith offers this classic recipe. Christmas fruitcake comes from the traditional holiday pudding, or "hackin." The tradition of a rich holiday cake, layered with candied fruits and soaked in alcohol, dates back to druid winter festivals. It's also a Jamaican specialty. The primary ingredients of fruitcake are rum and butter. In addition to these staples, various spices can include cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg. Some popular nuts are pecans and walnuts. As for fruit, the sky's the limit: raisins, cherries, mango, or dates. Fruitcakes are often referred to as bundt cakes. On a semantic note, a bundt cake is simply a ring-shaped cake that has fluted sides. Its contents may vary, but it's generally a variation on the winter holiday mainstays of spices, nuts, dried fruit,
and booze.
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