fruitcake – The Spinoff

Let me eat the 100-year-old fruitcake

24 May 201924 May 2019 by Luke Rowell

A well-preserved fruitcake that sat in an Antarctic hut for over a century has gone on display at Canterbury Museum. Here, a fan of ancient foodstuffs pens an open letter to the controllers of the cake. Please, Antarctic Heritage Trust, I beseech thee: let me eat the 106-year-old fruitcake. Now is the time for me … Read more

The perfect dish: soul-soothing fruitcake

26 April 201924 April 2019 by Amanda Thompson

The long, restorative process of baking fruitcake – and eating the results – has helped Amanda Thompson through the worst of times. A long time ago, so long it feels like this story belongs to a different person, I lost my first and cherished child. On a cold, blustery night around about this time of … Read more