Fruit cake is a dense, moist dessert made with a mix of nuts, dried fruit and spices. The finished cake is “soaked” in brandy, rum or whiskey and wrapped in plastic wrap and foil for a few months. As ...

Many countries have holiday fruit breads and cakes, and these typically end-of-year specialties filled with assorted combos of raisins, nuts and dried fruits, have been produced in Europe at least ...