Fruitcakes

So, I wonder how the other fruit in fruitcakes is made. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The new cakes rested till the following Christmas, while the fruitcakes from the year before were served at my parents 'annual Christmas Eve party. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We had twelve large loaves of the best rye bread; a small tub of doughnuts; twelve coffee-cakes, more to be called fruitcakes, and also a quantity of little cakes with seeds, nuts, and fruit in them, -- so pretty to look at and so good to taste. ❋ Unknown (1847)

In my mind, we need more people like those you call "fruitcakes" at the games and less of your ilk; you're ruining it for everyone else. ❋ Duane Rollins (2009)

These people are motivated by race and it is not an acceptable use of a protest vote to vote for the BNP. This is as bad as branding UKIP members as "fruitcakes", if not worse. ❋ Richard (2006)

You left out the word, "fruitcakes" in your penultimate paragraph surely. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Cameron may consider them 'fruitcakes' etc, but when it comes to policies, their's are on firmer ground than many of his. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Most fruitcakes have more fruits in them than batter to hold them together, hence their reputation for being heavy and not as light or fluffy as some cakes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She asked me once -- right here on LJ -- if I'd like her to make me a fruitcake and I did more than say how much I loathed fruitcakes, I wrote a horror story about them. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

About this time of year we begin to make our fruitcakes for Christmas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You may dismiss some as fruitcakes or oil company lobbyists, but when Andrew Turnbull, former head of the civil service, reveals that he is of their number, it should alarm us. ❋ Unknown (2011)

To the contrary, it's suffused with wry observations about Buddy's family and eccentric oddballs such as Haha Jones, the bootlegger who in a burst of generosity gives Sook free whiskey for her fruitcakes. ❋ Susan Dormady Eisenberg (2011)

About three-quarters of Mr. McNutt's sales are from fruitcakes, and 27% of the weight of each fruitcake is pecans. ❋ David Wessel (2011)

As the holidays approach, there are inevitably some jokes about heavy, hard, inedible fruitcakes that get passed around as gifts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm sure your fruitcakes are divine, they just ain't my thang. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

For a traditional touch, splash the cakes with a bit of extra brandy as they come out of the oven to really emphasize the brandy flavor and give them some of that extra moistness (from brandy or other liquor) that is typical of other fruitcakes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bob McNutt, president of this bakery that has been selling pecan-encrusted fruitcakes for more than 100 years, says customers "are not going to be willing... to participate in absorbing the cost." ❋ Unknown (2011)

"It's certainly not very pleasant," says Bob McNutt, president of Collin Street Bakers, also of Corsicana, which has been selling pecan-packed fruitcakes for more than 100 years. ❋ David Wessel (2011)

Once the resin hardens, he slices these large, heavy "fruitcakes" into thin slices and places them in rather formal arrangements on the wall or seemingly incidental clusters on the floor. ❋ Edward Goldman (2011)

1. [Uncle Jim] married Pete? I didn't know he was a fruitcake! 2. Uncle Jim married a blender? I didn't know he was a fruitcake! 3. Me: What's a fruitcake? Someone Else: It's a cake made with bits of fruit and [drenched] in scotch. Me: [Drenched] in scotch? Sounds [like my Uncle] Jim. ❋ InfrequentNinja (2004)

1) "Dave came round the other day, goin' on about these [multidimensional] life forms that are controlling his libido or somethin'" "Oh yeah, Dave's a total [Fruitcake] dude." 2)....Err not sure really!! I've never heard "[fruitcake]" used in this context. But "Fruit": Err 2, take 2) "Look at John mincing about,......[Oi John] your a proper fruit mate" ❋ HungryGhost (2015)

[Brian] [Tamaki] is a fruitcake ❋ Pol Pothead (2011)

"I would even think about [making a move] on her mate, she's a fucking [fruitcake]. She's probably [good in the sack] though..." ❋ Esteban Lorenzo (2003)

[Charlie Sheen's] accused of being 'the [vatican] warlock assassin..so the media hysteria over what was an in joke between Charlie Sheen and [Alex Jones] is fruitcakism. ❋ Burnt-Spider (2011)

[Nick], you are a fruitcake. You [jump around] all day like [a tard]. ❋ Ian Gamble (2005)

"[The trash compactor] is full so just dump that in a pan for now." - [Inventor] of the [fruitcake] ❋ Purpleppleater1234 (2011)

[Scooter] is a fruitcake. ❋ Rachel (2004)

[Sarah Palin] is a total fruitcake—and so are [the idiots] who buy her [book]. ❋ T. Boondoggle Blivet (2009)

"My mother received yet another fruitcake from her cheap [coworkers] as a [Christmas present]." "Look at that guy with his [flip-flops] and unusually primped hair. What a fruitcake!" ❋ Vee (2004)