Cardin Bradley of Knoxville and her mother Jane Wyatt of Cedartown, Georgia, bake fruitcake for people who think they don’t like fruitcake. Which isn’t a small market share.
To many folks, fruitcake has all the appeal of a doorstop. Humorist Calvin Trillin once said that fruitcake has been baked only once and regifted ever since.
But fruitcake, the grand cake packed with dried fruit and nuts, redolent with spices, soaked in brandy, and leavened with yeast, has been America’s celebration cake for centuries…