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Irish Spiced Fruitcake |  |
Irish Spiced Fruitcake is definitely NOT your grandma's fruitcake. It's packed with dried fruit and warm spices, I like it simple and plain or with a smear of Brown Sugar Lemon Curd . ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ I Just Knew I’d Love This Fruitcake. It conjures memories of my English-born grandfather’s cousins Lyla and Vic who after six decades of marriage, still giggled about their wedding day. “Poor pensioners” they called themselves. And yes, their home was a small flat on the outskirts of London with a miniature rose garden and a front room with two chairs, a sofa and the telly. Just that, no more. Morning ablutions were simple, aided by a slip of soap, toothbrushes and a travel-size tube of paste. Vic’s well-worn shaving brush and tarnished razor sat nearby. Just that, no more. But Vic and Lyla were savers and scrimpers and managed long visits to Canada and the U.S. at least twice and made their way to southern Europe too, seeking out holiday sun. When ...
