It's fruitcake time
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wickedkittiesmom — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 08:27 AM)
One of the wedding cakes Prince Harry and Kate had was a fruit cake, I think the other cake was chocolate. Fruitcake seems to be popular in the U.K. but I'm sure its different from those "door stops" we get here in the U.S. I never liked fruitcake but I never had a homemade fruit cake.
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nutsberryfarm — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 12:39 PM)
swedish bakery in chicago has an amazing fruitcake. never had one like it anywhere else. 3rd one down from the top:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-fruitcake-in-chicago/
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greekgirl64 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 07:56 AM)
These are supposedly the recipes for the royal wedding cakes:
Fruit cake:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Royal_Wedding/royal-wedding-cake-recipe-pastry-chef-fiona-cairns/story?id=13459548
Chocolate cake:
http://www.theroyalchef.com/2011/04/the-royal-wedding-cake-recipe
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 08:28 PM)
I was asked to make Fruitcake one year, by a relative. Since there were children eating it, it had to be sans alcohol.
This was the days before the Internet, so finding such a recipe that might actually be tasty.was tough.
But I managed!
Its still the best Fruitcake I have ever had. Its candied fruit baked into a sweet vanilla batter.
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jodilyn — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 08:12 AM)
I've never had really good fruitcake. My grandmother would never make it preferring to buy it but the bought fruitcake was horrible. Maybe I'll try to make it this year and see what all the raves are about.
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joystar5879 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 09:12 AM)
Jodi.
Be sure you go to a Health Food or Whole Food shop, and get dried fruits without all the sugar syrup. You can also get blackstrap molasses, which also cuts down on the "yuck" factor. If you ever see anything called FRUITCAKE MIX, run, lock your doors and HIDE! That's the stuff that gives fruitcake its bad reputation.
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jodilyn — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 09:16 AM)
I have the molasses on hand and I'll look for the other ingredients next week.
Thanks so much for the tips. I've always wanted to try making fruitcake but shuddered at the thought of it tasting like the kind I grew up with.
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 02:15 PM)
Here is the recipe for the (quite yummy!!) Fruitcake I made that year, if anyone is interested.
FRUITCAKE
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups (1 lb.) mixed candied fruit
1 cup slivered almonds or other nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 300F. Grease 9x5 inch loaf pan; line with wax paper or foil.
Gradually add sugar to shortening; cream until light & fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
Combine remaining ingredients. Add to egg mixture; mix well. Pour batter into pan.
Bake 1 1/2 to 2hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool; remove from pan, peel off paper or foil and cool completely.
Wrap tightly & store in refrigerator.
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fiatlux-1 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 05:17 PM)
The texture might be different using butter, but go ahead of course if you like.
Shortening tends to make certain cakes lighter.
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Didn't he discover America?
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