The Humble Beginnings of the Christmas Fruitcake

Christmas Fruitcake

Have you ever thought how the Christmas fruitcake became popular? In most cases, you never thought about such things as you grab a spoonful of the Christmas fruitcake that your mom, aunt or grandmother made. Even if the Christmas fruitcake was just bought somewhere, surely, it would still have nuts, candied fruits and liquor which are the common ingredients of a Christmas fruitcake. Nonetheless, not all Christmas fruitcake taste similar since the baker may have distinct recipe and change the ingredients. Also, the culture has a lot to do with the type of Christmas fruitcake produced since local ingredients are typically used.

Historically, the Christmas fruitcake recipe can be traced to ancient Rome, however it didn’t contain any fruit then. Different types of seeds, nuts and raisins coming from different trading posts were abundant that time. As time passed by, some ingredients like honey, spices (cinnamon) and candied fruits were added thus the term became fruitcake. Actually, the Christmas fruitcake is a popular food served in European households during yuletide season. There was even a time wherein butter cannot be used as ingredient due to fasting practices.

Much controversy about using butter in the Christmas fruitcake resulted to a letter drafted by Pope Innocent VIII that finally allows the use of dairy in the cake according to stolen online. During that period, Christmas fruitcake was actually stollen, a German bread similar to fruitcake. Come to think of it, the fruitcake has gone a long way going through different forms.Today, Christmas fruitcake can also be served during weddings and other occasions. In Europe, it goes with tea for an afternoon snack.

In the United States, sugar was very cheap during the 16th century so folks made candied fruits so they have some desert during winter time. These candied fruits were included in baking the Christmas fruitcake since they are really cheap. In several parts of the world, the Christmas fruitcake is made using local ingredients as long as there is liquor. Aside from flavor,liquor is great for preventing the formation of molds. No matter whoever prepared your fruitcake it is certain that you enjoy every single morsel of the yummy fruitcake. Christmas fruitcake adds flavor to the yuletide season !

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