In terms of actual Acts Of Malice, giving someone a fruitcake seems to me pretty low down on the scale of dreadfulness.

And if Making Someone The Gift Of A Lovely Cake With Malice Aforethought was really such a heinous crime, the Daily Mail would have got onto it by now.

HEARTLESS THUGS GIVE MAN FRUITCAKE
Cake Contained Raisins And Sultanas, say Police

Where will it all end? What is the world coming to? Is no one safe?

In my day...etc...