My wife maakes 3 fruitcakes every year, with no raisins.
They are great, I usually wipe out the first one before Christmas.
My mom has a really good recipe she created without the chunks of colored weirdness. It had a lot of maraschino cherries, pecan halves, and whole dates (sans stones). She used to send me this for my birthday when I was in college. It was greatly appreciated.