On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:46:40 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-11-11 2:07 PM, songbird wrote:
>> i love it and know some people who make ones
>> that are fantastic.
>>
>> so there, i said it. hahaha...
>>
>>
>
>That should set off the annual Christmas fruitcake debate. I love it. My
>mother used to make it and now I do it. Having tasted store bought
>products, I can understand why some people thing they are a horrible joke.

I don't dare make them anymore, there's only me to eat them, too many
calories, so I do a swap with a friend who makes lovely ones. I
reckon people who dislike them have never had 'good' fruitcake.