Sometimes, when December rolls around and I realize it’s time to make fruitcake, I wonder if I should even bother. My extended family includes two people who like fruitcake (both in their 70s) — and many, many others who...

Sometimes, when December rolls around and I realize it’s time to make fruitcake, I wonder if I should even bother. My extended family includes two people who like fruitcake (both in their 70s) — and many, many others who grimace and politely decline when I offer to send them a mini loaf from my stash. “Fruitcake? No thanks” is about as polite as the responses get; most are along the lines of “Fruitcake? YUCK!”

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