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"Uncle Vernon tried to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him."
— Description.[src]

Fruitcake is a cake made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and (optionally) soaked in spirits.[5]

History[]

Vernon Dursley once tried to knock in a nail with a piece of fruitcake.[2] Rubeus Hagrid once offered Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley a slab of home-made fruitcake.[4] When Marjorie Dursley arrived at Privet Drive in 1993, she was immediately given tea and fruitcake.[3] On Harry Potter's fourteenth birthday, Molly Weasley sent Harry a large fruitcake and assorted meat pies.[1]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 2 (The Scar)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 3 (The Letters from No One)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 2 (Aunt Marge's Big Mistake)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 14 (Cornelius Fudge)
  5. WP favicon Fruitcake on Wikipedia
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