Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted November 21, 2021 Are in the oven! The house smells glorious. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted November 21, 2021 Share #2 Posted November 21, 2021 Do people actually eat those, or are you making doorstops? Sorry, I was ordered to respond to everything I read. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Share #3 Posted November 21, 2021 There's enough fruitcakes in the world that you don't need to make more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted November 21, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 21, 2021 Did you call? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Share #5 Posted November 21, 2021 Well I must be some kind of weirdo because I actually like fruit cake. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted November 21, 2021 Share #6 Posted November 21, 2021 33 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Fruitcakes are in the oven! You put @jsharr and @Kzoo in your oven? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted November 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: There's enough fruitcakes in the world that you don't need to make more. I know. For fun I went and tried to read a thread or two at that other place. Good gawd almighty they have strange cornered! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 21, 2021 Share #8 Posted November 21, 2021 I made some fruitcake for family 25 yrs. ago with rum for aging....it included some gingeroot, pineapple,etc. in recipe. I was somewhat disappointed when a brother-in-law joked about it being a doorstop. On the other side, a niece recently mentioned her paternal 91 yr. old grandmother made enough fruitcake last yr....but she realized then, they were going to live in a few months in a retirement home. So she knew she would no longer get a gift of grandma's fruitcake. I think she and hubby eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 21, 2021 Share #9 Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Rattlecan said: Well I must be some kind of weirdo because I actually like fruit cake. It depends on the recipe. I prefer a lighter fruitcake. Germans make kristollen which is their version of Christmas cake which is not as dense as the British style fruitcake. It has marizpan inside and dried fruit. Light coloured crumb . Usually no liquor/nor rum. A gourmet German bakery in VAncovuer makes a pleasant one; the pastry chef is from the Black Forest region. For all the criticisms nowadays, I think there will be a resurgence of fruitcake baking and aging, but done in more innnovative ways....a good thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Share #10 Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: I know. For fun I went and tried to read a thread or two at that other place. Good gawd almighty they have strange cornered! You should try DP. There are several collections of crazies there from all 5 sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted November 21, 2021 Share #11 Posted November 21, 2021 I like fruitcake. Even the doorstop variety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted November 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I made some fruitcake for family 25 yrs. ago with rum for aging. I am sure it is ready. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted November 21, 2021 1 minute ago, MoseySusan said: I like fruitcake. Even the doorstop variety. I don't like the dried out grocery bakery stuff but a good, well spiced, drunken fruit cake is pretty awesome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Share #14 Posted November 21, 2021 I would guess I would like Wilbur’s fruitcake. Some store bought fruitcakes are pretty pathetic. Usually I like them the more fruit the better. Some are almost all fruit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 21, 2021 Share #15 Posted November 21, 2021 Fruitcakes can be more interesting: Chocolate fruitcake: Dark Chocolate Fruitcake (spicesinmydna.com) Saffron fruitcake: https://www.food.com/recipe/saffron-fruit-cake-399923 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted November 21, 2021 Share #16 Posted November 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Rattlecan said: Well I must be some kind of weirdo because I actually like fruit cake. Me too, especially when made well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted November 21, 2021 Share #17 Posted November 21, 2021 “…it’s fruitcake weather!” I cry at the ending of this story. Every time. https://audinosenglishclasses.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/2/2/14221191/a_christmas_memory_truman_capote.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 21, 2021 Share #18 Posted November 21, 2021 I keep wanting to answer "yes?" when I read this thread title, so I might as well go ahead and get it over with. Yes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted November 22, 2021 Share #19 Posted November 22, 2021 A great lady on my block from childhood died several years ago who made the ONLY fruitcake my sister and I liked. At the funeral home viewing, her daughter had baskets with fruitcake slices and I later phoned her and got her mother's recipe at my sister's request. Now my sister makes it each year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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