Don&#x27;t you have Xmas cake in the US?<p>Do you have wedding cake? I.e. a heavy fruit cake which has been soaked in port&#x2F;sherry&#x2F;rum&#x2F;whisky and then decorated with marzipan and royal icing?<p>Xmas cake is the same thing.<p>It&#x27;s part of the English (i.e. British) tradition, and probably spread to the colonies and trading partners. Which would explain it being known in China.<p>We also have Xmas Pudding, which is a similar fruity better but it&#x27;s steamed and served with the thickest cream you can find (which in my youth was clotted cream).