Fruitcakes!
11-15-2017, 01:17 PM
#23
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we got some sly cooks here, no share recipes 
Rob aunt was the best 'old home' cook, but when someone asked for her recipes she cheerfully shared...less one or two ingredients
what does it actually entail to soak in whatever beverage? Do you put a shotglass worth over the top or wrap the cake in soaked towels?
Rob aunt was the best 'old home' cook, but when someone asked for her recipes she cheerfully shared...less one or two ingredients
what does it actually entail to soak in whatever beverage? Do you put a shotglass worth over the top or wrap the cake in soaked towels?
11-15-2017, 04:02 PM
#24
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we got some sly cooks here, no share recipes
Rob aunt was the best 'old home' cook, but when someone asked for her recipes she cheerfully shared...less one or two ingredients
what does it actually entail to soak in whatever beverage? Do you put a shotglass worth over the top or wrap the cake in soaked towels?
Rob aunt was the best 'old home' cook, but when someone asked for her recipes she cheerfully shared...less one or two ingredients
what does it actually entail to soak in whatever beverage? Do you put a shotglass worth over the top or wrap the cake in soaked towels?
Soak some cheese cloth in your fav bourbon or whisky. Wring it out a little. Wrap the cake in it. Seal it in tin foil and store in a cool place. You can poke some holes in it too if you want to but it may get too soggy with the booze. I love Jim Beam myself.
I have a great recipe for fruitcake that I will share as soon as I find it. I also buy the Dark fruitcake from Harry & David when I dont feel like baking one. Also, Assumption Abbey Bakery in SW Missouri has wonderful Dark fruitcake! The Monks bake them for their fundraising. I love their fruitcake and the postcards they send to remind their customers to order. They have a website and a FB page. Do is soon tho. They SELL OUT!
Sandy
11-15-2017, 04:45 PM
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I love a good fruitcake. not some of those store bought ones. Someone my DH knew from the doctors office where he goes used to send us one every year. I believe it was from a bakery in Philadelphia somewhere. He has long since passed away. We ordered our own for a few years. The bakery closed years ago.The one we loved was a light colored fruitcake. I would love to try some of the recipes talked about on here.
11-15-2017, 05:18 PM
#26
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Don't Boooooooo and Humbug me off this thread........NONE of my family likes fruitcake. So I treat myself to a very small loaf of store bought cake. I just bought some tonight and had 2 slices. This should last me through new years, LOL
I did get a recipe for fruitcake cookies from one of the ladies I use to work with, but NoBody likes that either and I won't make it for just me.
However, when I was in highschool for home ec my project was a homemade fruitcake that I aged in rum for our class.
Apparently my teacher thought it was Over saturated with the rum and wouldn't let the other students have any.
I never knew you could over do rum. but waaaaaaaaay back then I suppose they had stricter rules then they do now. |But we were minors.
I did get a recipe for fruitcake cookies from one of the ladies I use to work with, but NoBody likes that either and I won't make it for just me.
However, when I was in highschool for home ec my project was a homemade fruitcake that I aged in rum for our class.
Apparently my teacher thought it was Over saturated with the rum and wouldn't let the other students have any.
I never knew you could over do rum. but waaaaaaaaay back then I suppose they had stricter rules then they do now. |But we were minors.
11-16-2017, 11:27 AM
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ok, I jumped online for a recipe and baked 6 little loaves this morning.
Didn't have half the stuff it called for but I shopped my own kitchen stash and made it anyway
I know now why those little loaf pans were clear back behind everything else, the batter sticks like mad.
The crumbles off the pans went to my little chickens
Still waiting to taste and pass judgement for myself. I used a cup of Kuluah for the rum called for in the mix, but have golden rum out for drizzling.
Well see...
Didn't have half the stuff it called for but I shopped my own kitchen stash and made it anyway
I know now why those little loaf pans were clear back behind everything else, the batter sticks like mad.
The crumbles off the pans went to my little chickens
Still waiting to taste and pass judgement for myself. I used a cup of Kuluah for the rum called for in the mix, but have golden rum out for drizzling.
Well see...
11-17-2017, 06:33 AM
#29
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I know now why those little loaf pans were clear back behind everything else, the batter sticks like mad.
My family will not touch a fruitcake. I guess it's the color and look of it. I haven't had a slice of one in years. So I'm waiting for the recipes to be posted.
