Quotes About Fruitcake

When the Infinite Improbability Drive arrived and whole planets started unexpectedly turning into banana fruitcake, the great history faculty of the University of MaxiMegalon finally gave up, closed itself down and surrendered its buildings to the rapidly growing joint faculty of Divinity and Water Polo, which had been after them for years. Which

When the Infinite Improbability Drive arrived and whole planets started unexpectedly turning into banana fruitcake, the great history faculty of the University of MaxiMegalon finally gave up, closed itself down and surrendered its buildings to the rapidly growing joint faculty of Divinity and Water Polo, which had been after them for years.

My family, as you can probably guess, was more into Christmas cookies and not so much the fruitcake.

Siena's claim to caloric fame is its panforte, a rich, chewy concoction of nuts, honey, and candied fruits that impresses even fruitcake haters. There are a few varieties: Margherita, dusted in powdered sugar, is more fruity, while panpepato has a spicy, peppery crust. Locals prefer a chewy, white macaroon-and-almond cookie called ricciarelli.

It is amazing how the world can change, he thought, during the life span of a fruitcake.

Have you ever known anyone who bought a fruitcake for himself? Of course not. They are purchased as Christmas gifts, mostly for people you don't particularly like.

If you make Josh's dumb white- chocolate cranberry cookies and not my fruitcake ones, it's over.

How did the holiday party go? Did your sisters like the fruitcake cookies Peter baked? Honestly, I can't stand them." Surprised, I look over at Peter, who is suddenly busy scrolling on his phone. "I thought you said your mom made them." His mom smiles a proud kind of smile. "Oh no, he did it all by himself. He was very determined." "They tasted like garbage!" Owen yells from the kitchen.

If clichés were candied fruit, walnuts, and raisins, the Book of Psalms in The Message would be a three-pound fruitcake.

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

Call my cynical...but I've come to believe that most people who follow a total wack job aren't always true believers. They just like to follow. They like the perks. Makes them feel strong. Kind of weakens your faith in fruitcake fanatics.

The joke may be that no one likes fruitcake, but if that were the case, they wouldn't appear on store shelves every holiday season!

Here's a money-saving tip for Christmas: Glue a jujube on a brick and mail it out as fruitcake.

So you really could die. Your godmother is right, you know. You are mad as a hatter. Nutty as a fruitcake." "Crazy like a fox," I said.

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

the ultimate in longevity is the Christmas fruitcake. It is a cake made during the holidays with fruits that make it heavier than the stove it is cooked in.

On that cold day I was born, in February 1955, my great-aunt gave me a classic fruitcake for the celebration of the occasion of my birth. Every year during the holidays I pull it out of the attic and take a look at it and it still looks great, and every year I try to get up the nerve to take a slice and try it. —Dean Fearing, chef of The Mansion on Turtle Creek

Fruitcake really is the queen of cakes!' she insists as she passes a thick, crumbling slice. 'There is just nothing better — nothing!' Tasting it, you have to agree. The crude jokes about fruitcake seem silly and unfounded as its moist richness blooms on the tongue, stirring both memories of Christmases past and anticipation of those to come.