Fruitcake Festival 2024 : Back to the Fruiture

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Legion Hall, Independence, CA

“Back the the Fruiture,” the 17th annual Fruitcake Festival in Independence.

Catch Doc Brown dancing under the fruitcake, while lightning strikes the DeLorean!

Bake a prize-winning fruitcake and choose your era: 1955, 1985, 2015, or 1885!

Categories include oldest, travelled the farthest, best of theme, most solids, and judges’ award.

A new category this year is the most popular fruitcake.

Yes, YOU get to judge this category.

For the other prizes, our fruitcake judges employ mechanical, empirical, and philosophical techniques to select winning fruitcakes in those categories.

Many people dress up their fruitcake and wear costumes too.

The Costume Contest is just the place to show off your creativity and the “Best Costume” prize is awarded to the person with the loudest applause.