A banana is a fruit, so some people have argued that banana bread is technically fruitcake.
       
“Banana bread is just fruitcake with better fruit” was posted on Twitter by Tim McMackin on October 9, 2015. “Banana bread is fruitcake #FridayThoughts #ChangeMyMind” was posted on Twitter by Yung Dad Toes on May 10, 2019. “Banana bread is a type of fruitcake” was posted on Twitter by Cathy Erway 韋凱琳 on December 5, 2019. “Banana Bread is technically Fruitcake” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on May 16, 2021.
     
“Banana bread is not fruitcake” was posted on Twitter by Steph Willems on November 21, 2017. “Fruitcake is a type of cake using DRIED or CANDIED fruits (plus other things). Banana bread is a quick bread and uses fresh fruit. In the word smithing world, these look (terrifyingly) similar. But in the baking world, they are (thankfully) different” was posted on Twitter by David Crandall on December 5, 2019.
   
   
Wikipedia: Fruitcake
Fruitcake (or fruit cake or fruit bread) is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced and decorated.
 
Wikipedia: Banana
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called “plantains”, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe.
   
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Tim McMackin
@timothymcmackin
Banana bread is just fruitcake with better fruit.
10:05 AM · Oct 9, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
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Steph Willems
@willems_steph
Banana bread is not fruitcake, @CoreyLewis86
4:14 PM · Nov 21, 2017·Twitter Web Client
   
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Shark by any other name
@sharkman9k
Replying to @Landsknechting
Thus, banana bread is fruitcake. The cycle is complete.
5:11 AM · Jul 24, 2018·Twitter Web Client
   
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sofia demasi :’)
@s0fiademasi
banana bread is like the cool wine aunt of the fruitcake world
7:56 AM · Dec 7, 2018·Twitter Web Client
   
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Yung Dad Toes
@Slickiest_Rick
Banana bread is fruitcake #FridayThoughts #ChangeMyMind
1:38 PM · May 10, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Cathy Erway 韋凱琳
@cathyerway
Banana bread is a type of fruitcake.
1:37 PM · Dec 5, 2019·Twitter Web App
   
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David Crandall
@DavidCrandall
Replying to @elisadoucette
Fruitcake is a type of cake using DRIED or CANDIED fruits (plus other things). Banana bread is a quick bread and uses fresh fruit.
In the word smithing world, these look (terrifyingly) similar. But in the baking world, they are (thankfully) different.
3:33 PM · Dec 5, 2019·Twitter for iPad
   
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smelly
@urmomsrightboob
Why everyone baking banana bread…it’s like…the meatloaf of desserts. Leftovers smashed together, less flavor than the original components. Banana bread is stinky fruitcake.
2:26 AM · Apr 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Discover Chocolate – The Original
@DiscoverChoc
Replying to @zacayoung
So you’re saying banana bread is like fruitcake? I happen to like good exemplars of both, but agree that many examples are not worth the calories.
#WTF #WheresTheFlavor
9:22 AM · May 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Mister Social
@lceCreamSocial
Okay, so torte is cake and tart is pie
Also, Boston cream pie is cake and cheesecake is pie
Banana bread is cake and fruitcake is bread
Any questions?
7:46 AM · Jul 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Nole78
@BetterAngelsUSA
Replying to @mawrightjr and @EWErickson
Banana bread is a first cousin to fruitcake.
5:33 AM · Sep 7, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
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AzureMako
@AzureMako
Replying to @aleftistsam
Yes; banana bread is now a fruitcake
6:34 AM · Nov 15, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
     
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KitKat a.k.a. Dr. V.K. Acula
@VampireKat
Replying to @VampireKat
. #BBDec28
And by special request (from a guest) there is fruitcake, 3 kinds and then some banana bread, too.  What?  Banana bread is a fruit!
Enjoy!
2:11 PM · Dec 28, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/TheRealTripleH May 16, 2021
Banana Bread is technically Fruitcake.
COMMENTS
Moloshe
Ahem… it’s actually a berry cake