Fruitcake is a so-called cake, made with chopped fruit, nuts and sometimes spirits.. however, theres never enough alcohol to get you tipsy enough to forget that youre eating what amounts to concrete made with dried fruit. Fruitcake became so popular that the Church had to reconsider its ban on butter so that the Germans could use it to make their version of fruitcake, called stollen, which is somewhat merciful since it helps lubricate it for swallowing swiftly. If slathered in alcohol, a fruitcake can last for eons, as proven by the family that had an heirloom fruitcake from 1878 that was tasted on The Tonight Show in 2003.