Fruitcake Wreath - Free Choice Recipe

I'm running late with this post. Monday evening after work, my husband and I took our first of four dance lessons - thanks to Groupon, and Tuesday morning, I had outpatient surgery. Let me get this up quickly as I weigh whether to proceed with ibuprofen or the Rx for pain. So if my words are wacky, I'm blaming it on the meds.

I haven't eaten fruitcake since I was a child, and my memories mainly involve disappointment. Shouldn't a cake have frosting? And even in its candied version, I couldn't understand why anyone would eat citrus peel.

I know that my tastes have changed over the years, and so many of my HCB buddies were raving about this cake, so I thought I'd give it a try.

At Vicki's suggestion, I hunted down…