Fruitcake. An observation and a question.

[chic]

It is the season for fruitcake, once again. I LOVE fruit. I like cake. Why do I get sick at the thought of fruitcake? It doesn't make sense but I do. How do you feel about this seasonal treat / punishment? Or is fruitcake just the Christmas edition of candy corn, which no one likes either?

 

[oldaunt]

A proper well made fruitcake, basted with brandy, is yummy. What passes for fruitcake these days is....not.

 

[Balzac]

If it helps, I'm happy to take care of any fruitcake you can't manage. Not looking for thanks. It's all part of the service

 

[CallMeKate]

I love fruitcake! Like everything else, it depends on how it's made, but some of them are exceptional. I even kept loving it after a friend in California baked a special one for me and rush-shipped it... but it gave me a really bad case of food poisoning.

 

[Jace]

I fruitcake

 

[chic]

If it helps, I'm happy to take care of any fruitcake you can't manage. Not looking for thanks. It's all part of the service

 

[StarSong]

I like fruitcake AND candy corn.

 

[dilettante]

It's what people had before candy bars. Imagine your treats were either an apple, maybe an orange, or possibly some maple candy. Then on a special occasion... fruitcake! Candied fruit and nuts! Rich and heavy brandy-soaked cake!

 

[chic]

It's what people had before candy bars. Imagine your treats were either an apple, maybe an orange, or possibly some maple candy. Then on a special occasion... fruitcake! Candied fruit and nuts! Rich and heavy brandy-soaked cake!

I have no problem imagining this because as I said, I LOVE fruit. So eating apples and oranges would be no penance for me. I like cake too. But shove them together and pour alcohol all over it and I'm one sick lady.

 

[Mike]

Scottish Black Bun, the best, traditionally consumed at
the new year, it is a fruit cake in a pastry case and can
be made in a bread tin, this makes it the same size as
a loaf of bread, so not too big.

Recipe for the adventurous below.
Traditional Scottish Black Bun Recipe

Mike.

 

[Beezer]

Fruitcake. An observation and a question.​

For a second there I thought I was being addressed as 'Fruitcake'!...and I thought this thread was about me. Just my affliction playing tricks on me...no worries.

 

[-Oy-]

I don't mind fruit cake - but it must have a big dollop of Lurpak Butter spread on

 

[dilettante]

For a second there I thought I was being addressed as 'Fruitcake'!...and I thought this thread was about me. Just my affliction playing tricks on me...no worries.

I feel your pain.

 

[Beezer]

I feel your pain

Cheers, pal!

My symptoms tend to act up around X-Mas for some reason...so I'll do my best to try and hang around for the season. But I may have to take a break from the forum if I feel I am becoming overwhelmed. No big deal. It's just part and parcel of my bizarre affliction.

 

[oldaunt]

Scottish Black Bun, the best, traditionally consumed at
the new year, it is a fruit cake in a pastry case and can
be made in a bread tin, this makes it the same size as
a loaf of bread, so not too big.

Recipe for the adventurous below.
Traditional Scottish Black Bun Recipe

Mike.

Thanks Mike, sounds interesting.

 

[AprilSun]

I have no problem imagining this because as I said, I LOVE fruit. So eating apples and oranges would be no penance for me. I like cake too. But shove them together and pour alcohol all over it and I'm one sick lady.

You're not alone. I eat fruit and cake also but I hate what they call "fruit cake". I never have liked it.

 

[dilettante]

Well I haven't tasted it in years. Don't plan to run out for any, either.

 

[Debrah N.]

Every time I've had fruitcake in the past, it was dry and horrible and the fruit in it was tough and equally dry, so I'm not a fan either. It must be that you have to eat it fresh from the oven or something and I've just never gotten lucky that way.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

I love fruitcake , too ! My mom always bought a fruitcake for the Christmas holidays . I remember at first, I didn’t like the candied fruit because it didn’t taste like real fruit tasted, especially the cherries. I wanted them to taste like maraschino cherries, which i dearly loved !
Anyway, I got used to the taste of the candied fruit, and I always try to find at least a small fruit cake to have around Christmas . Usually after the new year , all of the holiday foods leftover go on sale, so if I find that, then I get more fruitcake and freeze some.

 

[Jules]

A friend gives me a full size, beautifully decorated fruitcake every year. I wouldn’t mind if it were really small. I hate fruitcake.

 

[jujube]

Many years ago, I took over the fruitcake making from my grandmother, using her recipe. I did it for a few years until it just got too hard (I'd start the annual fruitcake marathon when I got home from work on Friday and would still be baking Sunday night) and waaaay too expensive to continue.

I have to say, they were very good fruitcakes and my family loved them. One of my sisters used hers as the top layer of her wedding cake.

I love a good fruitcake. There are a lot of fruitcakes out there that aren't good.

 

[DebraMae]

There's only one kind I like, Collin Street Bakery. Some of the others can be pretty bad.

 

[Blessed]

There's only one kind I like, Collin Street Bakery. Some of the others can be pretty bad.

I agree with you and the best part is they ship everywhere!!

 

[Pinky]

In the past, we've had fruitcake made by monks in a Monastery in Quebec, I think it was. Very moist and tasty. We also have been gifted homemade fruitcake, from a relative, which is also excellent.

 

[CarolfromTX]

Dave loves it. I don’t. That artificially colored candies fruit is just yuck. Dave, on the other hand, buys some just to eat it by the spoonful.