Unusual Uses: Christmas Fruitcake Leftovers 7 Ways
- by Diane Rixon (RSS feed) on Dec 21st 2009 12:00PM
- Filed under food
Photo: Sandy Austin, Flickr
If you bake or are gifted fruitcake this holiday season, don't let it go to waste! Read on for 7 appetizing ways to use up leftover cake before it dries out.
1. Almond fruitcake rum balls. This sounds luscious! Definitely keeping this one for future reference.
2. Chocolate covered fruitcake balls. After all, what isn't improved by the addition of chocolate?
3. Fruitcake trifle. Think you hate fruitcake? Douse it in liquor and a layer of cream and custard ... and think again!
4. Decadent frozen dessert. Fold crumbled cake into softened ice cream and refreeze. Sounds delicious, yes?
5. Cherry refrigerator pudding. From a 1942 newspaper article, no less! Naturally, the Greatest Generation didn't let good cake go to waste.
6. Fruitcake slice with lemon icing. Love the idea of lemon icing, but be warned this idea does require a bunch of additional ingredients.
7. Cream cheese bread pudding. Holy moly, this one sounds sinfully delicious ... and to heck with the calories.
Short on time, energy or appetite? I've read fruitcake freezes well if it's securely wrapped. That way those leftovers will be ready for your culinary experiments in the New Year!







Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-27-2009 @ 9:26AM
daves41chevy said...
Diane Rixon are you serious? No one wants to eat fruitcake! I'm thinking it makes a good door stop, paper weight, can you find some other original way to put fruitcake to use without having to ingest it?
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12-27-2009 @ 10:20AM
Diane Rixon said...
Ha! I'm guessing Santa didn't bring you a fruitcake this year. :)
12-27-2009 @ 3:39PM
ukarl said...
I just LOVE fruit cakes....ka...
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12-27-2009 @ 3:40PM
ukarl said...
just LOOOVE fruitcake.......ka...
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12-27-2009 @ 8:42PM
James Nixon said...
The last time that I had some really good Fruitcake was on and about 1 Week after Christmas of 2001, It was Homemade by my Aunt Jo (the Younger Sister of my Mother), she died of Cancer on Sunday 10/13/02 at age 64 years, 8 months and 4 days.
She came to the House on 12/23/01 with the Fruitcake and some Cookies, Fudge Brownies and Rice Cereal Squares, all wrapped in wax paper in Christmas Themed Tins, very thoughtful from a nice Person.
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