National Fruitcake Day is celebrated on December 27th. It’s a day for lovers of fruitcake to rejoice in the delights of the world’s most misunderstood fruit. A fruitcake is a boozy, chewy, rich amalgam of dried fruit, nuts, and sugar, saturated with your favorite alcohol, most commonly brandy or bourbon. It produces a dense, sweet, and textured treat generally served around the holidays. Fruitcakes have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, so you know that the tradition is steeped in history as well as booze.
History- The exact origin and the founder of National Fruitcake Day are still unknown. The creator of Fruitcake is still unknown, but there is a belief that Fruitcake has come from the Rome Country. The first known fruitcake recipe is from Rome made with seeds of the pomegranate, raisins, and pine nuts mixed in barley mash. There is a belief that in the Middle Ages, spices, honey, and preserved fruits were also added. Recipes of Fruitcake may vary from one country to another depending on their tradition and the availability of ingredients. Still now Fruitcake is a joke in American culture. It has been ridiculed for its name and how it appears. There is an example in a lot of television shows, where the Fruitcake will fall on an individual body, and the man will complain about it being as hard as the brick. From the 16th century, Sugar from the Colonies of America with the discovery that high concentrations of sugar would preserve fruits resulted in enormous amounts of candied fruits, and it ended in making fruitcake more famous and more economical across the world. In the United States of America, the first mail-order Fruitcake began in 1913. In 1935, the phrase “Nutty as a Fruitcake” was coined when Southern bakeries, Claxton and Collin Street, had access to cheap nuts. Most of the fruitcakes made in the United States of America were free from alcohol. There is an example of how Fruitcake has an improbable shelflife; it can remain on the shelves for many years and still be tasty and non-harmful to the human body. In the 2003 episode of Tonight Show, Jay Leo sampled a piece of Fruitcake that was baked in 1878. That Fruitcake was kept as an heirloom by a family in Michigan. There is an example of how Fruitcake has an improbable shelf-life; it can remain on the shelves for many years and still be tasty and non-harmful to the human body. In the 2003 episode of Tonight Show, Jay Leo sampled a piece of Fruitcake that was baked in 1878. That Fruitcake was kept as an heirloom by a family in Michigan.
When celebrated- National Fruitcake Day is observed on December 27. On this day, the hashtag #NationalFruitcakeDay starts trending on social media, taking on a life of its own! This year, we expect the trend will continue as it has for years and years.
Why celebrated-Celebrating National Fruitcake Day is quite simple and easy to remember. Just enjoy some fruitcakes on that day, or you can gather your family and make a Fruitcake of your own. You can share the Fruitcake with your family members, friends, and even co-workers.
How celebrated-To celebrate this day is easy. Gather the family together in the kitchen and make the fruitcake together, with fruits and nuts that everyone will enjoy. Then, after the fruitcake is done baking, serve it up to everyone and perhaps huddle around on the couch to watch a holiday movie to add to the holiday spirit that surrounds the month ofDecember. Another way to celebrate this day is to try baking fruitcake variations from around the world.