Fruit cake?????

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Those look really delicious. I have never understood the "keeping it for a couple of months" idea but I know that it's common. I would be eating them NOW.

Update - OK I Googled this topic about aging fruitcake and here is what I found. Most sites that talked about storage said that the objective was to keep the cake from drying out so they open the wrapping once a month and brush the cakes with a liquid like alcohol, maple syrup or simple (sugar) syrup.

Cakes do not spoil because they have so much sugar and the fruits are candied or otherwise dried to be deficient in moisture which can cause spoilage.

If the cakes have too much of the cake part and less fruit,or if the fruit is less dry, they are more prone to drying out or spoilage by pathogens.

Your fruitcakes look kind of cakey and delicious Worth. I would recommend wrapping them very tightly to keep out moisture and I would store them in the refrigerator if it were me.

Here is one link.

https://news.ncsu.edu/2014/12/wms-fruitcake/