Fruit cake has struggled with its reputation -- comedians and talk show hosts have been poking fun at it since the 1950s, and it often gets left behind on Christmas dessert tables for other treats.

This is a technique often used to refresh stale Christmas pudding but can work just as well for dry fruitcake. Gently fry a slice of the cake in butter, you can add a splash of liquor or cream and ...

This is a good last-minute Christmas ... is on the cake. Melt the apricot jam and spread on the cake. Transfer the grilled marzipan to the cake. For the decorations, slice the orange into 2mm ...

saying there were several good Christmas-style cakes in it. I got to work and made my version of the sort of fruit cake I like which is paler than those very dark, more traditional sorts.

This recipe is inspired by their timeless fruit cake recipe, to which I’ve added a few tweaks to make it my own. My grandparents’ recipe included a base of butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, ...