Question: should I warm up homemade fruit cake?

TL;DR, should I, and if so then how should I, warm it up?

I’m poor, been through a rough time.

Luckily, I have some very generous food banks in the area. One of which I’ve gone to for a while now. Some people know there know me, and things have been in a bit of an uptick in my life lately. And that hasn’t gone unnoticed either. I’ve been in a significantly better mood and more, approachable, I guess?

One of the funny little results of that, is that they’ve been giving me more. I give away a bunch of the stuff I get that I don’t need myself even in the hostel I’m staying at.

This foodbank closes for a few weeks for Christmas/New Years. They gave out a bit more than usual to all, but someone went a bit further.

They made individual fruit cakes. Only seven so I’m told. And the staff gave them away to their “favourites”. I’m not super big into favouritism but, well. They gave me one. Even declined it at first but gave in.

Now, the only time I’ve had fruit cake I’ve hated it. But it was the dry store-bought crap.

This cake? Looks amazing. Whole pecans and a dollop of caramel on the top. In this nice little hard-foil container and plastic-wrapped inside as well.

Given all the prep and thought and care that went into it, I have to try it. (And they made a point of wanting to know what I think of it since they know I was a bit hesitant in the first place.)

But for the life of me I am wondering the most inane question.

Should I warm it up?

Typically if I want a warm muffin/pastry I just put it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.

If I really want to go out of my way I might wrap something in foil and throw it in an oven/toaster-oven. Or for pizza I’ll put it in frying pan and cover it on low if it’s really good pizza and I want to warm up the crust so it’s “just right” rather than microwaving it into a soggy mess. (Which I will happily do if time is an issue and it’s cheap pizza.)

But in this case, I feel like I should do it by the best method possible. If I even should?

Apparently I’m supposed to enjoy it with a cup of coffee as well. So it may turn into breakfast for a few days if I like it.

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