Here are 20 types of fruitcake to despise

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The words “Texas” and “fruitcake” aren’t usually used together in the same sentence, let alone the same noun. But according to Yahoo!’s Buzz Log, the Texas Fruitcake is the No. 1 type of this oft-reviled holiday cake ordered online. And get this—there are 19 other varieties of fruitcake that people actually buy, listed in order of preference. The Japanese and Hawaiian fruitcakes rank at Nos. 19 and 20, respectively, which was curious to us, because their recipes sounded a heckuva lot better than that of No.

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