Love it. If you need to get rid of a loaf or two, send ‘em to me.
Well said, sir.I'll never understand the societal disrespect and ridicule heaped upon the beloved fruitcake. Especially this time of year. Passed around like the red headed stepchild from relative to relative, sometimes from year to year. The Rodney Dangerfield of holiday treats.
It's got fruit. It's got nuts. It's got cake. It's got booze.
So many of my favorite holiday things, all in one bite. What's not to like?
Egad,sir, you ain’t heard nothing yet! The race for the brides garter would have made yerAye...*sniffle*...a good lad he was; excellent equestrian whether riding to the hounds or on the battlefield. But he hasn't been the same since that 20-pound bride cake landed on his head last summer.
Got what he deserved for molesting a fruitcake, I say.
O.H.
I believe it is due to cheap grocery store fruitcakes. I would pick up quality German ones at the commissary at a nearby naval base and they was no comparison.I'll never understand the societal disrespect and ridicule heaped upon the beloved fruitcake. Especially this time of year. Passed around like the red headed stepchild from relative to relative, sometimes from year to year. The Rodney Dangerfield of holiday treats.
It's got fruit. It's got nuts. It's got cake. It's got booze.
So many of my favorite holiday things, all in one bite. What's not to like?
I've had some really bad ones, both commercially produced (which were like dried bread with a raisin in it) and home-made (that was so dense that they considered it for fissionable material when creating the atomic bomb).I believe it is due to cheap grocery store fruitcakes. I would pick up quality German ones at the commissary at a nearby naval base and they was no comparison.
I believe it is due to cheap grocery store fruitcakes. I would pick up quality German ones at the commissary at a nearby naval base and they was no comparison.
Can any of you who make it recommend a book?
Thank you! I appreciate the info. Now that kitchen chaos of our Thanksgiving is over, I'll have some time to see what I can dig up. Thank you again!Yes, I can. However, it's not much beyond the recipes but the recipes are really good.
Christmas Cakes and Puddings is part of a series issued back around 2000 by The Australian Women's Weekly. I ran across it in a cooking store and bought it on a whim. I've since acquired a number of other titles in the series; they're well written and the recipes work. My copy references www.awwbooks.com.au as the online source (which may still be open). This volume carries an ISBN of 1-86396-204-2.
I had another book years ago, which again was mostly recipes but with more of an historical bent. Cakes like that bride-cake recipe above.
Search around the net. There used to be several sites with lots of fruitcake recipes, some with good historical content as well.
O.H.
‘Good Things In England’ by Florence White. It’s a collection of traditional and regional recipes from 1399 to 1932.My mind is blown! I thought I was the only person in the US that actually liked fruitcake! I'm not exaggerating here but I have never met anyone who liked fruitcake. I knew you all existed because there is so much of it out there for sale.
I do have a question though. Can any of you who make it recommend a book?
I would pick up quality German ones at the commissary at a nearby naval base and they was no comparison.
Stollen. Very good.What were they: Stollen or Schnitzbrot?
Thanks so much for the suggestion!‘Good Things In England’ by Florence White. It’s a collection of traditional and regional recipes from 1399 to 1932.
I posted some recipes from this book earlier in this thread. It’s well worth a read.
You’re welcome.Thanks so much for the suggestion!
If they can find one, you won't regret it!
I'll take your word for it, but I looked before and thought the Collin Street was a little more "cakey".The neighbor dropped off the "Costco" fruitcakes the other day.
He said $30/ea was a sale price, which is what we got them for. The regular price is $40/ea. The box of two must have weighed over 10 pounds. The gentleman has a heart condition, so I was surprised he made such a long walk carrying that load.
His finder's fee was a nice bottle of Pinot Noir, which I know he has a fondness for.
They are actually Collin Street Bakery fruitcakes, which have a well-deserved reputation. If they are as I remember them from years ago, $30 nowadays may be a bargain.
I don't start hitting the fruitcake until after December 1. But I'll let you know how they go. I suspect they're going to go very well.