A 125-year-old fruitcake, a family heirloom, will appear on Leno.
The cake rests in a glass bowl, covered by a glass top. A large raisin and what might be a clove are visible among the brown mass – Ford says it's fossilized – that emits a pleasant odor of spices.
Its baker died in Berkey, Ohio, in 1879 and the cake remained untouched for 85 years. Someone clipped Bates' obituary out of The (Toledo) Blade and placed it on top of the cake. Inside the glass cover someone glued newspaper clippings that read "Mother 1878 November 28." Ford guesses that is when the cake was baked.
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