Supremely Edible Fruitcake

Fruitcake-phobes take heed: you can stop your sniggering and drop the jokes. I offer this extravagance to banish the fruitcake’s doorstop image forever. Chock full of nuts and dried fruit (none of those cloying candied citron bits), doused in brandy, and drizzled with brandy glaze, the cake is as opulent as it is delicious. But the real wonder is that it is baked in a slow cooker—a revelation. Like all fruitcakes, it will keep in the refrigerator, tightly wrapped, for months, and, okay, it