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Fruitcake (baked good)
Fruitcake is a dense cake made with chopped candied fruit which also commonly contains dried fruits, nuts, and spices and is soaked in spirits. Very popular during the holidays, it is often given as a gift and served at holiday get-togethers.
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Why do people not like fruitcake?
because it is fruit and fruit is healthy and cake is not supposed to be healthy and also it is DISGUSTING
There you have it. People such as the above don't have any good reasons not to like fruitcake. I don't understand it myself. I think they're as nutty as a fruitcake. Fruitcake is the business!
Can you find a light fruitcake recipe in a Betty Crocker Cookbook?
There are light fruitcake recipes in some of the cake cookbooks. You can always change a recipe and make it lighter by changing ingredients yourself.
In the story a Christmas memory who does not get a fruitcake?
In the Truman Capote story, no one is specifically named as not getting a cake. In the film version we believe that the aunts agree that Buddy's mother will not be getting a cake.
Why do people eat cheese with fruitcake?
Because it tastes bloody fantastic! It is an incredible blend of flavours and textures. Fruit cake is traditionally eaten with cheese in the north of England, particularly Yorkshire.
Germany
YES FRUITCAKE IS VERY TASTY IT IS THE BEST FOOD ON THE PLANET DANIEL WATTS
What are the lyrics to grandmas killer fruitcake?
it was harder than the head of uncle bucky heavier than a sermon of preacher lucky ones enough to give the whole state of Kentucky a great big belly ache it was denser than a drove of barnyard turkeys tougher than a truck load of all beef jerky drier than a drought in Albuquerque grandmas killer fruit cake!
Did Sir Francis Drake take fruitcake to England?
Yes, he did bring fruitcake back on his voyage home to England.
How do you soak a store bought fruitcake in rum?
"Soak" is a misnomer for what is actually done.
What people usually do is to pierce the cake with thin skewers or thin knitting needles and then sprinkle the rum over the cake - do not use too much, you don't want a soggy cake.
Wrap the cake in tinfoil or greaseproof paper and place in an airtight container.
Repeat the process at weekly intervals - alternating with pouring the rum on the top and on the bottom of the cake.
Does apricot jam on a cake board make a fruitcake go mouldy?
No, jam on a cake board would not make a fruit cake go mouldy. Keeping the fruit cake too long in a place that is warm and moist makes it go mouldy. Fruit cake should be stored in a tin in a cool, dry, dark place or refrigerated. Soaking a fruit cake with rum, brandy or other liquor also prevents spoilage.
