Fruitcake Recipes

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French Apple Cake

1 review

With just a few simple ingredients and your favorite baking apples, you'll have a delicious cake on the table in no time. Here's how to make this impressive French apple cake.

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Join the December Bakeable Challenge: White Fruitcake

'Tis the season for fruitcake! Trust us, this modern version isn't your Grandma's alcohol-soaked holiday treat.


Cranberry Orange Cake

1 review

This cake was inspired by Italian-style cakes and is dotted with dried cranberries and scented with oranges and almonds. A...


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16 Recipes That Will Change Your Opinion on Fruitcake

It's fruity, nutty and sweet as can be—and nothing says Merry Christmas quite like our best fruitcake recipes.


Spiced Rum Fruitcake

3 reviews

This fruitcake not only can be made weeks ahead, it tastes better that way! You can substitute Brazil nuts, pecans...

Upside-Down Fruitcake

3 reviews

I get tired of people bad-mouthing holiday fruitcakes. It's one of my favorite holiday flavors and I look forward to...


Miniature Christmas Fruitcakes

2 reviews

I’ve found that people who normally won’t eat fruitcake make an exception when they sample these. Using mini muffin pans...

Banana Nut Fruitcake

6 reviews

Combining two popular baked goods - banana bread and fruitcake - yielded this treat. Even people who don't care for...


Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake

2 reviews

This was my dear grandmother's recipe. She was a farmer's wife and a very good cook. Even folks who don't...


Southern Fruitcake

5 reviews

"I've never found anyone who didn't like this lovely fruitcake," remarks Ruth Marie Lyons of Boulder, Colorado.


Candy Orange Slice Fruitcake

2 reviews

My version of yule fruitcake has a citrusy twist. When you share it, be prepared to pass around the recipe....

Moist Applesauce Fruitcake

6 reviews

The recipe for this flavorful cake has been handed down in my husbands' family for four generations.


Carrot Fruitcake

4 reviews

Even those who don't care for fruitcake love this special holiday dessert. It's a fun way to dress up that...


Jeweled Fruitcake

3 reviews

I promise this jeweled fruitcake is simply fantastic. Even my friends and family members who don’t normally care for fruitcake...


No-Candied-Fruit Fruitcake

1 review

Minus the candied fruit, this traditional cake has a positively natural taste. For those who bake their Christmas giveaways ahead,...


Pecan Date Fruitcake

2 reviews

My husband grew up in Louisiana and has fond memories of his mother's fruitcake. I make this for him every...

Coconut Fruitcake

13 reviews

A neighbor gave me this recipe when we first moved to this small town, saying it dated back to the...


Mini Fruitcakes

1 review

Fruitcake always looked so festive to me but I did not like the hard citron fruit so I came up...


Cherry Pineapple Fruitcake

This is the finishing touch to our Christmas dinner. My family always claimed they didn't like fruitcake, but they love...


Cherry Date Fruitcake

It's a Christmas tradition for me to serve this fruitcake at parties and to give it to friends and family....


No-Bake Fruitcake

"Keep your oven free for other holiday baking with this easy recipe," suggests Joy Maynard of St. Ignatius, Montana.


Date-Nut Fruitcake

2 reviews

Unlike traditional fruitcake, with its dark color and dense texture, this fruitcake is light-colored and light-textured, flavored with orange, coconut,...


Bite-Size Fruitcakes

1 review

Meet the Cook: Because I didn't care for fruitcake, I had to have the recipe for this after I found...


Fresh Grapefruit Cake

5 reviews

This dessert's particularly good for a backyard barbecue. My husband enjoys it, and our 2-year-old son thinks we're having a...


Daisy’s Fruitcake

5 reviews

I added pecans and candied fruits to an apple cake recipe for my Texan take on traditional English fruitcake. —Daisy...

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Grandma’s Molasses Fruitcake

6 reviews

This dense, dark, moist fruitcake was my grandmother's recipe. The flavor just gets better and better as it sits in...


Chocolate Chip Fruitcake

1 review

"Chocolate chips temp even those who don't care for fruitcake to try this one," says Ruth Peterson, Jenison, Michigan.


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Fruit Cake

21 reviews

This chewy, sweet and, most importantly, simple fruit cake recipe will bring joy to any holiday gathering. It's filled with...


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White Fruitcake

14 reviews

Our white fruitcake recipe modernizes the infamous Christmas fruitcake. Light, cakey and not weighed down by alcohol or molasses, we...


Apricot Fruitcake

My husband didn't care for fruitcake (which I love) - till he tasted this one.
He and I have...