44+ Natural History Fruit Cake Background. History and lore mingle in the retelling of the fruitcake story. When we think of fruitcake we think of a thick, dense brick of a cake.
Family and friends gobble up this sweet peppermint candy.
Yet the fruitcake has historical associations with the holy land, and its internal bounty is said to represent the gifts of the wise men. It is formed from a combination of the latin fructus, and french frui or frug. The new style dark fruitcake was made with molasses and was much more dense than previous versions. Relevance popular quick & easy.
