A whopping 38 percent of people said they give fruit cakes away when they receive them!
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National Fruit Cake Day
The oldest known fruitcake is approximately 130 years old and lives under glass in a Michigan home. It was baked by a woman in preparation for a Thanksgiving meal in 1878, but she died right before the holiday and her family didn’t have the heart to eat it. So instead of throwing it out, they saved it and passed it down through the generations. In 2005 this fruitcake made an appearance on “The Tonight Show” and Jay Leno actually took a bite. And just like every other fruitcake ever made in this world, it was nasty.
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Fruitcake Eaters
A fruit cake worth $1.65 million?
And just in case you were wondering, how to cook a fruit cake:
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