how do yall feel about fruitcake?

[lovetoread]

are you a fan or nah?

 

[Sean]

Take it or leave it. But I fucking love the marzipan.

 

[jaF0]

It got a bad rap when it got commercialized. All the candied crap that pretended to be fruit ruined it.

I made some from scratch a few years back. Used a good rich base recipe and added plenty of dried fruits. Apples, cranberries, raisins, apricots, cherries and whatever else i could find at the time. Baked them then wrapped them in cheesecloth soaked with liqueurs for a couple of weeks. Some were soaked in Frangelico, others in Amaretto or flavored brandies.

 

[silver gurl]

I don’t think I have ever had it.
Fruitcake gets a bad rap

 

[neci]

the fruitier the better.

 

[lovetoread]

It got a bad rap when it got commercialized. All the candied crap that pretended to be fruit ruined it.

I made some from scratch a few years back. Used a good rich base recipe and added plenty of dried fruits. Apples, cranberries, raisins, apricots, cherries and whatever else i could find at the time. Baked them then wrapped them in cheesecloth soaked with liqueurs for a couple of weeks. Some were soaked in Frangelico, others in Amaretto or flavored brandies.

i love real fruitcake

i will live with the fake ones

 

[neci]

don't be shy with the nuts!!!

 

[neci]

eat me!

 

[jaF0]

It's fruitcake, not nutcake.

 

[raindancer]

Love it!

 

[neci]

eat me!

this is where i go, when i want to send someone a fruitcake.

 

[neci]

It's fruitcake, not nutcake.

real fruitcakes have nuts.

 

[jaF0]

Nuts in fruitcake is nuts.

 

[neci]

Nuts in fruitcake is nuts.

^^^
fruitcake

 

[lovetoread]

eat me!

hah, i was just looking at that after posting this thread

 

[islandman]

Never tasted a good one.

 

[nowisthetime]

the fruitier the better.

Oh my goodness, same! I love the texture as well!

The poll is actually surprising, more people than I thought said yes.

 

[spacekowboy]

It's a fucking abomination.

 

[butters]

It got a bad rap when it got commercialized. All the candied crap that pretended to be fruit ruined it.

I made some from scratch a few years back. Used a good rich base recipe and added plenty of dried fruits. Apples, cranberries, raisins, apricots, cherries and whatever else i could find at the time. Baked them then wrapped them in cheesecloth soaked with liqueurs for a couple of weeks. Some were soaked in Frangelico, others in Amaretto or flavored brandies.

don't be shy with the nuts!!!

i think you hit the nail on the head.

now that sounds wonderful!

 

[butters]

good fruitcake is great. but, like with any other baking, easily ruined by too many cooks

my mum used to do a fab one for xmas, so rich, dark, fruit-filled (including some nuts), made weeks before and kept dosed up with brandy or whatever alcohol she used that year, then wrapped in marzipan.

a small slice was plenty.

i've also had lighter, really good fruitcakes, with lots of cherries.

 

[Wings]

I’ve never had it. That dense of a thing just doesn’t appeal. I like light, airy cake with no frosting. That’s my happy.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

My grandma made the only edible one I've ever tried. It was very good and not as dense as the shitbricks that are available commercially.

 

[dolf]

How does a whole country fuck up a cake?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

How does a whole country fuck up a cake?

You guys fuck up everything food-related.

 

[thør]

When Mrs t makes a batch of fruitcakes and soaks them in brandy, they are heavenly. She uses good dried fruit instead of the candied stuff in them. They are quite dense, but delish.