do you like to eat holiday fruit cake?

[Dancing Fire]

 

[Skippy123]

is that what you got for your bday? hehe

I am not a fan but my parents love it! I had a coworker who loved it too.

 

[Rachel9]

Not really, but the fruit cake toss is fun....does it count?

 

[kenny]

I love fruitcake when it is very good.
Unfortunately it is usually awful.

The last good one I had was about 35 years ago and was from Texas.
If I knew which brand I'd buy it again.
But even then after 35 years they may have given in to competitive pressure to use cheaper ingredients.
Maybe it's best I just leave it as a romanticized memory.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 12/18/2009 8:02:25 PM
Author: Skippy123
is that what you got for your bday? hehe

I am not a fan but my parents love it! I had a coworker who loved it too.

nope,infact wife and i just went to pick up my BD cake (Hazelnut chocolate) but get this...$29 bucks for a 7" diameter cake??

 

[Kaleigh]

NO!!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

As a kid I loved it. Haven't had it around since I was about 10. I loved the cherry pieces in it.

 

[somethingshiny]

No.

Fruitcake is the joke gift passed around my family. Whoever got it last year will regift the same one this year to a new person. We just keep passing around this years old brick.

 

[MissMina]

Just the one I make. It has orange juice nuts and dried fruit of all kinds. None of those weird green and red things.

 

[mochi]

Date: 12/18/2009 11:22:13 PM
Author: MissMina
Just the one I make. It has orange juice nuts and dried fruit of all kinds. None of those weird green and red things.

My family also makes fruit cake with fresh orange juice and nuts. It''s really great.

I don''t care for the store bought one.

 

[loriken214]

Date: 12/18/2009 8:09:21 PM
Author: kenny
I love fruitcake when it is very good.
Unfortunately it is usually awful.

The last good one I had was about 35 years ago and was from Texas.
If I knew which brand I''d buy it again.
But even then after 35 years they may have given in to competitive pressure to use cheaper ingredients.
Maybe it''s best I just leave it as a romanticized memory.

Collin St. Bakery in Corsicana, TX

Lori

 

[Deactivated member 42515]

I dont know.... cuz for some reason... almost every fruitcake I have tried has looked and tasted different but people keep telling me they are all fruitcake... so i dunno... well I guess I can say no cuz i hated all of the ones i tried haha

 

[steph72276]

I have actually never tried one b/c they don''t look appealing to me....maybe a homemade one would be okay.

 

[steph72276]

Date: 12/18/2009 8:27:13 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 12/18/2009 8:02:25 PM

Author: Skippy123

is that what you got for your bday? hehe

I am not a fan but my parents love it! I had a coworker who loved it too.

nope,infact wife and i just went to pick up my BD cake (Hazelnut chocolate) but get this...$29 bucks for a 7'' diameter cake??

That sounds yummy! Enjoy and Happy Bday!

 

[ksinger]

If you don''t like fruitcake you''ve just never had the right one yet. A neighbor of mine used to make them and give them every Christmas. My mom and I would pretty much fight over it. It was a light golden colored spice batter, with only candied cherries and homemade candied orange peel - not too many - and LOTS of pecans. And I think it had bourbon or brandy in it too. Then he''d wrap them all up in brandy soaked cheesecloth for several weeks. OMG. Absolutely divine - sliced really thin, and the batter was dense so it didn''t crumble. And I never got the recipe from he. Not my brightest moment. Best fruitcake I''ve ever had, and made me a believer. Still not crazy about the dark ones though, or ones with more fruit than cake.

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

I make my great-grandmother''s recipe (our family heirloom, couldn''t it have been an OMC ring?!). It''s traditional for wedding cakes in the UK too.

I like it to have so much brandy in it that you couldn''t drive after eating a couple of slices. Then it''s good.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Real fruitcake with quality ingredients is very good! Low quality ones are just terrible. It is just one of those things that either you spend the money to get a good one or you shouldn''t even bother.

 

[radiantquest]

I have never had fruitcake. Everyone around me doesn''t like it so it is never around for me to taste. I thought about buying one, but they didn''t look very yummy to me.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

I make a very traditional recipe that is loved by all who eat it. Most people who have never eaten good fruit cake, cannot believe this is the same fruit cake they''ve eaten elsewhere. It is laborious to make, but well worth the effort. I use the best products I can find.

Honestly, once you''ve eaten the good stuff it will spoil you! JMHO tho.....

cheers--Sharon

 

[kenny]

Date: 12/19/2009 4:02:01 AM
Author: loriken214

Date: 12/18/2009 8:09:21 PM
Author: kenny
I love fruitcake when it is very good.
Unfortunately it is usually awful.
The last good one I had was about 35 years ago and was from Texas.
If I knew which brand I''d buy it again.
But even then after 35 years they may have given in to competitive pressure to use cheaper ingredients.
Maybe it''s best I just leave it as a romanticized memory.

Collin St. Bakery in Corsicana, TX
Lori

Hey, Thanks, Lori.

 

[upgrade]

Love it! Especially with the marzipan icing. But it has to be homemade. The store bought ones I''ve tried tasted like cardboard. My dh''s grandma makes a delicious one with rum and sherry... so good.

 

[Vancity]

We really enjoy the one from Marks & Spencer.

Their version is topped with a generous layer of marzipan, and a generous layer of royal icing (if you don''t like the cake part, the icing definitely helps

)

Every year, I go to a local British import store, and get one for my family. It''s tradition

 

[Delster]

Oh God yes. My Mammy''s Christmas fruit cake. It''s choc full of fruit, about ten different kinds, lots of fruit juice too, lots of chopped almonds... and of course, it''s drowned in alchohol

Shop bought fruit cake is always dry and

The authentic homemade kind is moist and almost melts in your mouth. It''s also the traditional wedding cake over here.

Do you guys put marzipan icing and royal icing on your fruit cakes?

And do you have Christmas pudding with brandy butter?

 

[zoebartlett]

I hate it but I don''t like candied or jellied fruit. One of my husband''s relatives sends his parents a fruit cake every year, and they always rave about it. I''ve tried it once or twice but didn''t like it.

 

[jet2ks]

Date: 12/19/2009 8:44:52 AM
Author: Lady_Disdain
Real fruitcake with quality ingredients is very good! Low quality ones are just terrible. It is just one of those things that either you spend the money to get a good one or you shouldn''t even bother.

This.

 

[elrohwen]

No

The store bought ones are truly dreadful. I'll admit that a nice homemade one wouldn't be too bad, but I'm a picky eater with desserts and things along that line just don't tempt me at all, personally. I'm just not much of a dried or candied fruit person beyond raisins or maybe a craisin.

 

[AprilBaby]

BLECH

The red and green candied fruits are GROSS.

 

[Steel]

I love Christmas cake and only eat any type of fruit cake at this time of year. Up to 5 years ago we made our own but owing to the build I have bought my Christmas cake from Marks and Spencer for convenience. I love the marzipan the most....

.

 

[tyty333]

My Mom makes a couple every Xmas...I''m not a big fan but I dont like dried fruit or nuts in my cake

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[Gailey]

Date: 12/19/2009 12:23:25 PM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:

I make a very traditional recipe that is loved by all who eat it. Most people who have never eaten good fruit cake, cannot believe this is the same fruit cake they''ve eaten elsewhere. It is laborious to make, but well worth the effort. I use the best products I can find.

Honestly, once you''ve eaten the good stuff it will spoil you! JMHO tho.....

cheers--Sharon

She''s not wrong folks.

Without a doubt Sharon makes the best Christmas Cake in the world. I''ve even had to get up out of bed in the middle of the night and come downstairs for a slice.

I was brought up on Christmas Cake and have been a "Delia''s Creole Cake" fan for the last 20 years.

Sharon''s cake tops them all.

Off for another slice!