CNN Interactive pays tribute to

Fruitcake

Ah, fruitcake. The traditional ambrosia of the season. It is, of course, fruit and cake, blended into a dense mass of colors, flavors and textures to delight all five senses...

...or so we've been told. We have yet to find anyone who has actually eaten fruitcake. Nevertheless, with your help, we at CNN Interactive salute the misunderstood fruitcake, the most traditional of holiday treats and time-honored target of holiday jokes. Dig in!

If you love fruitcake or just want to torture your friends and family with it, then please submit your fruitcake recipes below. Please make sure that you don't include too many toxic main ingredients. Remember, if we can hammer a roofing nail into a brick with it, it's a normal recipe.

To submit recipes, uses for fruitcake, fruitcake-inspired haikus, or other submissions, please visit our Feedback page.

Suggested fruitcake uses

Haiku

Door stop

Weapon

Paper weight

Home plate

Hammer

Malfunctioning boomerang

Use them as bricks to make a really sturdy house (mice could be a problem, though)

Foot rest

Use to build bomb shelter

Gift for mother-in-law

It's the gift that keeps on giving (wrap it up and give it to someone else next year)

Proof that an expiration date means nothing

Liquify it and power a jet

Manhole cover

Really heavy pants

Improptu bench

Surf board

Puck

Not edible, yet,
Durable when thrown
under a fast-moving car.

Fruit from the past,
A present from Aunt Gertrude
But do I dare eat it?

I see bright red, glowing green,
and ominous dark brown.
Where's the cake?

It will outlive cockroaches.
By the way, what are those
dark brown things in there?

CNN Interactive pays tribute to

Fruitcake

Suggested fruitcake uses

Haiku

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