Aurora

I absolutely hate candied fruit, but do love that dark moistness of fruitcake. After years of looking for a suitable Holiday cake; I found the perfect one -- moist, dark with a variety of spices, containing cranberries and chopped pecans, with a hint of orange. And only gets better with age.

Mkotch

I love fruitcake, too, but no one else in my family seems to. So I just make a little bit for me to enjoy. One year I bought King Arthur Flour's "fruit for fruitcake," and I used it in a traditional recipe (no alcohol). This year I'm going to try their fruitcake mix. So many of their mixes are really good, so I have high hopes.

joan3111

M.Elizabeth - 30 years ago my supervisor was gifted a Christmas cake by Collins Street Bakery. He did not like fruit cake so gave it to me. I NEVER forgot how good that cake was, so you can order one with confidence.....

WMUTeach

OK ladies, my mouth is watering. I need recipes! Please, Please Please.

Wanabee Quiltin

I love good fruit cake with very little batter, lots of pecans and cherries. I used to wrap mine in cheesecloth and soak it in rum once a week. Guess I’ll be buying some stuff now, you all have me fixed on it.

Roxanne

Hi everyone and Daffy, I have a sister named Daphney who is also called daffy by me! For over 30 years, I was the baker in the family except for moms Christmas fruitcake. When mom starting Aging noticeably, and forgot how to make it, I went on a search for that recipe. She remembered that it had mincemeat and I found a jar made or packaged by kraft foods. I wrote to them and they sent me the recipe. Daffy now has the recipe and makes our Christmas cakes. She called me last weekend to tell me that her house smelled like home, so I’ll have fruitcakes for Christmas (appropriately doused in brandy) and cakes to gift and freeze.

sak658

I have a wonderful recipe...and everyone loves it...It's called a White Christmas cake...

Christmas White Cake...
4 cups pecans..
1 pound of cherries, (red and green mixed)
1 pound of pineapple (candied)
1-3/4 cups of flour
1/2 pound of butter
1 cup of sugar
5 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
3 Tablespoon lemon extract
3 Tablespoon Vanilla
Heat over to 250...Grease 10"pan, line with wax paper, grease again...
Chop nuts and fruits, dredge with 1/4 cup of flour - 1-1/2 cup flour left for cake
Sift flour and baking powder...set aside.
Cream butter and sugar till fluffy..Add eggs 1 at a time on low speed..
Add lemon extract and vanilla
Fold in flour mixture, mix well...by hand fold in nuts and fruits.
Pour into pan
Bake 3 hours.....after cooled. take off wax paper, wrap in plastic wrap..
and store in refrigerator..

I hope you enjoy...it is a wonderful...
I have 3 or these to make for family...

maviskw

I have been making Fruit Bars from Meta Given's Encyclopedia of Cooking (1951) for years and years. They taste like Fruit Cake, they have the same ingredients, but they bake for only 20 minutes. Then I glaze them with corn syrup glaze and decorate with red and green cherries. A good seller at Christmas bake sales.

WMUTeach

Copied the recipie and will give it a try. I love fruit cake, particularly those loaded with nuts! Yummmmmm.

Cheesehead

Just a few years after, I found one through the old Farm Wife News magazines.
All whole fruit and nuts, so that when you slice it, it is like a stained glass window.
It's a lighter cake than the 1st, but with very little batter.
In fact the 1st yr I made it, I had it ready for the oven and got all teary-eyed.
We didn't have a lot of money at the time, and I was sure it was going to be a flop.
There was so little batter ... but it did stick together and was a hit! Money was not wasted.

This sounds just like the fruitcake we love, please share the recipe.