I am not a fruitcake apologist. I am fine with it being joked about, scorned, ignored, used as a doorstop or forgotten completely. We are not a fruitcake family and I am not a fruitcake fan.
I was not raised around anyone who got excited about it, made it, gifted it at Christmas or appreciated it in any way at all. Despite that, I have been drawn to sample it many times over the course of my life. Like a moth to a flame, there is just something about all that color and texture; I am a glutton for disappointment where fruitcake is concerned.
