Mail Ordering of Fruitcakes Began In 1913.

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Mail Ordering of Fruitcakes Began In 1913.

Across the United States, fruitcake lovers young and old, commemorate National Fruitcake Day each year on December 27th. 500 BC – The earliest documented recipe for fruitcake in ancient Rome consisted of ingredients like pomegranate seeds, raisins, and pine nuts, mixed with barley. 1432 – Pope Innocent VIII (1432–1492) finally granted the use of butter, in a written permission known as the ‘Butter Letter’ or Butterbrief in 1490, permitting Saxo…