Just over two millennia ago, one of the most polarizing icons in all of history was conceived. Upon this marvelous arrival, our holiday seasons would ever be changed. I, of course, am referring to the fruitcake. During the early Roman Empire, a baker placed dried fruit and seeds into a humble barley cake and accidentally created the first fruitcake. Some historians even propose that the original fruitcake is still being regifted to this day. Around the globe reincarnations of the early roman recipe like Italian panforte, German stollen, and Caribbean black cake are still craved during holidays and special occasions. Mysteriously during the 1900s fruitcake became the butt of the joke in American pop culture. After nearly two millennia of
