CindyLouWho
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- USA
Yes...too sweet and I don't care for the bitterness of the citron. Same with Petit Fours with the liqueurs and fillings...no can do!
Tis the season for *FRUITCAKE* Love it or leave it ?
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GeorgiaXplant
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- Georgia
Somewhere along the line, fruitcake got a bad rap. Way back in the way back, fruitcake was a desirable dessert during the holidays because it didn't need to be refrigerated. I liked it as a kid and still like it. My kids liked it, too, until other kids started with the "ewwww" stuff. When they realized that it wasn't cool to like fruitcake, they decided they didn't like it anymore! I'm also a fan of German Stollen...mm mmm good with a cup of coffee.
I don't make it any longer, but when I did, I'd discovered the recipe on the back of the mincemeat jar. It was really good with not quite so much candied fruit. My grandmother went easy on the fruit, too, and glazed the top, then used candied pineapple and candied cherries to decorate it. My bothers and sisters and cousins used to hope that we got a slice that had a cherry and at least a piece of the pineapple.
Another thing...my grandmother poked the fruitcake with a toothpick while it was still in the loaf pan and poured rum or brandy over it. When it had all been absorbed, she wrapped it in cheesecloth that had already been soaked in rum or brandy, then wrapped it in waxed paper and stored in a cheesebox in the cold room in the basement or the pantry (both of which were unheated).
One of the things I remember about fruitcake was that a little went a long way so it was likely that in January and February, the dead of winter, we still had some left, and it sure tasted good with a cup of tea on a frigid winter afternoon.
I don't make it any longer, but when I did, I'd discovered the recipe on the back of the mincemeat jar. It was really good with not quite so much candied fruit. My grandmother went easy on the fruit, too, and glazed the top, then used candied pineapple and candied cherries to decorate it. My bothers and sisters and cousins used to hope that we got a slice that had a cherry and at least a piece of the pineapple.
Another thing...my grandmother poked the fruitcake with a toothpick while it was still in the loaf pan and poured rum or brandy over it. When it had all been absorbed, she wrapped it in cheesecloth that had already been soaked in rum or brandy, then wrapped it in waxed paper and stored in a cheesebox in the cold room in the basement or the pantry (both of which were unheated).
One of the things I remember about fruitcake was that a little went a long way so it was likely that in January and February, the dead of winter, we still had some left, and it sure tasted good with a cup of tea on a frigid winter afternoon.
I heard you can still eat it even if it is that old!
Traveler
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- San Diego County
Fruitcake is my idea of food from hell. I don't know for certain, but I have a feeling it was invented by someone who hated to see people having any fun.
Camper6
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- Northwestern Ontario Canada
I love it but I've had to give it up!
My mother used to make it the weekend after Thanksgiving and let it ripen until Christmas.
She also made sheet pans of fruit cake and cut it into tiny pieces as wedding favors. We used to get drafted to help wrap those little pieces in cling film then in tissue paper and tie them off with a satin ribbon, what an awful time consuming job!!!
If you want to try a good fruitcake the folks at the Collins Street Bakery will ship you one in the mail.
https://www.collinstreet.com/?utm_s...MIpIf8pc7i1wIVhy-BCh2t7gBdEAAYASAAEgKuWPD_BwE
Our company used to order these at Christmas and give them out to good customers. They are delicious.
When I was growing up, I had one aunt who always sent my family a fruitcake every Christmas. Nobody liked fruitcake, so we stuck it in the fridge and let it harden. In January when we got bad snowstorms and the ground was completely covered, we'd cut the fruitcake into chunks and toss it to the birds outside. They ate every bit.