I was really surprised earlier today when some friends dropped by for a short visit and brought some fruit cake with them.  They swore up and down that it was “good” and made locally.  Well, I have never had a fruit cake that I liked so it was with great trepidation that I put on the kettle and served up some tea and coffee and sat down with my friends to share some fruit cake with them.  To my surprise, it was pretty good.  I actually ate two pieces of it!  So I have to say that fruit cake has gotten a bad rap over the years; some of it is pretty good!