Fruitcake thread.

[Cinder & Smoke]

I was thinking about fruitcake the other day ...

extra points awarded for a intact loaf amongst a Christmas buffet.

One Fruitcake thinkin about another one!

Reminds me of the first neighborhood where we lived in Mt. Lebanon ...
Dad insisted there were 6 Fruitcakes that were in constant circulation
as "gifts" over the Christmas Season. We'd get one, re-wrap it with a
new card,and *I* would be sent out to re-gift it to one of the neighbors.


You could *spot* the Fruitcake Delivery Kid a mile away - doing a slow shuffle
and trying to hide a brightly wrapped cake-sized BRICK.

We went to a neighborhood *gathurin* at someone's house ... lottsa yummie cookies
and finger foods, as well as TWO Fruitcake Bricks on display - both virgins
with not a knife mark on either one. Dad jumped into action ...

He grabbed the knife and sawed off a corner of each Brick and set the pieces on
Mom's plate, two more (smaller) pieces went on his plate, THEN he carved
off some "larger" pieces which he left beside the now "used" Fruitcakes.

He >smirked< for hours and kept bragging to Mom that he "taken two Bricks
out of the gift rotation that year"! And he kept *hinting* to the other
guests to "Try the Fruitcake, they're delicious this year."

Good Ole Dad!

[Freedom]

Never met a USA - made fruitcake I liked. We always got ours from England.

One step in making it: soak it in brandy for 4 months, turning it periodically.

Last step: cover the top with marzipan.

YUM!

[RICHARD]

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/12/09/...2Ffruitcake%2F

[Karen]

Gosh, I soooo miss fruitcake. But as I am now allergic to everything but the candied pineapple some kinds have, and the cake part itself, it's just not the same. Sigh. I see it in the store and avert my eyes.

[kokopup]

I haven't had fruit cake in years, but I remember the only cake I liked was made by Claxton. All of their cakes had lots of pecans and walnuts and had a Pound Cake batter base.

www.claxtonfruitcake.com/

[lvpets2002]

Now Richard do you need for me to send you a Famous Historic Collin Street Bakery Fruit Cake from Texas?? These cakes are like the Best of the Best..

[Randi]

I'm NOT envious!! I don't like all the stuff in it, except the nuts and alcohol - oh, and marcipan

Anyone have some good recipes with marcipan - I have lots of it!

Btw, do we really need more fruitcakes on this forum!!

[pomtzu]

I haven't had fruit cake in years, but I remember the only cake I liked was made by Claxton. All of their cakes had lots of pecans and walnuts and had a Pound Cake batter base.

www.claxtonfruitcake.com/

I saw this brand is Sam's when I was there this a.m., and almost bought one. Are they really good - and not too heavy on the green and yellow candied fruit (the name slips my mind right now). Citron???

[sirrahbed]

When I was ten years old, this recipe was published in our local newspaper - a recipe that had been baked and sold by a local baker, Marty Aronowitz. My mom made them every year and now I do, too. A few years ago I decided to google it and sure enough they are still made in Ft Worth Texas!! I have not made them yet this year but I have the fixings. No citron, only good natural ingredients in this cake which is fabulous!! My mom would tuck them into a tin and douse them with brandy at Thanksgiving so they'd be "drunken" by Christmas

MARTY ARONOWITZ'S FRUITCAKE

first published in 1964 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram


* 1 pound pitted dates ( I buy chopped)

* 1/2 pound candied cherries

* 1/2 pound candied sliced pineapple

* 1 pound coarsely chopped pecans

* 1 cup sugar

* 1 cup flour

* 2 teaspoons baking powder

* 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

* 4 eggs

* 1 teaspoon vanilla



Line angel-food tube pan with parchment paper. Spray with vegetable cooking spray, if desired.

Cut fruits into small pieces; mix with chopped pecans. Sift dry ingredients together; mix with fruits and nuts. Beat eggs with vanilla; pour over fruit mixture. Mix well.

Pack into pan. Bake for 2 hours at 250 degrees. Top of fruitcake may be decorated by removing cake from oven after 1 hour and garnishing with more pineapple slices, halved cherries and pecan halves.

Return to oven to finish baking. Cool completely, preferably overnight, before removing from the pan.