Missy’s White Fruitcake

For thousands of Southern cooks, making fruitcakes between Thanksgiving and Christmas is an age-old ritual that’s as alive today in home kitchens as it was two hundred years ago. Some make dark fruitcakes (with all sorts of dark fruits, spices, and macerated citrus peels), others only white ones (with only crystallized fruits). My mother makes both, usually with friends at a “spend-the-day” fruitcake party. If you’re still under the illusion that all fruitcakes are by nature heavy, this sim