Fruitcake is a much maligned food. Personally, I like a good fruitcake. Unfortunately it is really hard to find a good fruitcake recipe.I can honestly say that I have never tried fruitcake. It's because it has those cherries in it and I find them so sweet that I just can't. I tried fresh cherries a while back and by a while back I mean within the last year lol. I really enjoyed the fresh ones. The flavor isn't as strong. I really liked them. It must be the syrup in the maraschinos. Idk.
Fresh cherries come in a vast variety of flavors from the delicious Bings and outstanding Queen Annes to the bitter chokecherries and the tart pie cherries. I make an absolutely awesome Cherry Jam from tart cherries.