Fruitcake...love it or hate it... (Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Babka, costs, Long Island)

[MarciaMarshaMarcia]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Still waiting on everyone to send me their unwanted fruitcakes. Time is running out people!

I tried mailing you the one that my daughter gave me, but the USPS considered it a weapon of mass destruction & would not send it it.

Then, when I went to retrieve it, I dropped it on my foot...the weight of it crushed every bone, & I’m now in traction awaiting surgery.

I’ll try again next year, I promise!

[jim9251]

Tomorrow is the BIG day! When the Great Pumpkin comes out of the cabbage patch brings fruitcakes to all the good boys and girls.

So excited!

[mr.magoo]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Oh noes! Those are the bestest!

You Crazy 'Cold War' guy you!

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

Traditionally, lots of fruitcakes were soaked in rum or other liquor and aged on purpose. They aren't supposed to fresh and soft like a sponge cake.

My grandmother used to wrap them in cheesecloth, then soak with rum and put them in a shoe box. Not sure how long she left them in there like that to age.

She did used to make fruitcake cookies that were to die for, I sure miss those.

[jim9251]

No fruitcake this Christmas. I cried all night. Oh the humanity!

[Checkmarkblue]

It's that time of the year again. I want to ask. What is your favorite fruit cake for the season?

[evening sun]

I like the dark fruitcakes with marzipan icing. I also like Panettone. Truth be told, I love all fruitcakes.

[Ohiogirl81]

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/reci...uitcake-recipe

I use all dried fruit, no candied fruit.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

I don't generally like fruit cake. I make a good one, though. Buttery pound cake stuffed full with dried apricots, pecans, unsweetened coconut, macadamias, red glace cherries.


Make those in October and wrap in cheese cloth soaked in either rum or brandy. Add more booze every week so the cake doesn't dry out. It's ready for Christmas.



It's darn good but I don't make it any more since I can't get the fruit cake haters to even taste it and I don't want to eat the entire thing by myself.


My aunt made fruit cake with a recipe for pumpkin cake, but she used a lot of candied peel, which I don't like, so I wouldn't eat it. It's rumored to be quite good.... if you like fruit cake.

[saibot]

For years I've been using a recipe from a King Arthur catalog called Very Light Fruitcake. I looked on their website and it's not there, but this looks close: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/reci...review-section .

I also use only dried fruit, no candied peel or cherries. And no nuts.