But as we chatted over wine and fruitcake, I quickly warmed to the idea.
The yeasty aroma of bread and fruitcake wafted through the warm, cozy space.
(Moët Hennessy, New York) Lagavulin Islay, $90, *** ½ Distillers Edition 1993 Double Matured, 43% Complex and mellow with flavors of smoke, wax, citrus and fruitcake.
It's nearly always afternoon, they are supposed to be out to tea, strawberry jam and fruitcake, and so they are, so they are..."...
Sponge cake formed the base of both chocolate mousse cake, with fresh fruits, pastry cream and heaps of mousse, and fruitcake, two sponge layers filled with ripe fresh fruits and whipped cream.
At Christmas there was roast goose and suckling pig, candied carrots, cream pie, mince pie, horehound candy and fruitcake – but any ordinary Sunday would involve a three-chicken pie, beans and fat pork, pickled beets and rye'n'injun bread, pumpkin pie, then a piece of apple pie with cheese, all provided punctually by Almanzo's dexterous mama.
Though she would be profoundly moved when they came to meet her from prison in 1916, and when they filled her flat with precious luxuries such as tea bags, cocoa, flowers and fruitcake, Luxemburg always carefully avoided being categorised as a "woman".
That's a lot of TVs, LEGOs and fruitcake.
From Christmas cookies and fruitcake to Chanukah doughnuts and chocolate gelt, it's the season for indulging in decadent desserts, no matter what holiday you celebrate.
The skins of dried fruits contain the same tannins that age red wines, creating complex flavors that young wines--and fruitcakes--lack.
The recipe, in case you don't remember it, is very mid-century and fruitcake-esque; crushed dates, figs, almonds, and peanuts, sprinkled with nutmeg, pepper, cinnamon, coriander, and cannabis, and rolled into balls.
