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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-12-09

"I forget that Americans put nuts in their fruitcake and don't put in booze.

"No wonder Americans hate fruitcake. Who wants to eat a bunch of gummy un-crunchy nuts and dry cake?

"I am from Jamaica, and fruitcake there is descended from British fruitcakes. It starts, not with cake, not with fruit, but with ALCOHOL. Proper fruitcake should smell intoxicating when unwrapped and make you tingle upon finishing a (dense, rich, fudge, jammy) slice. Next year (I hope) I will make fruitcake, and I will start with a couple bottles of Appleton Gold Rum, if I can get them. One needs enough alcohol to soak the fruit, to soak the baked cakes at least twice during their ripening, and to keep the cook lubricated as well."

-- [info] - personal minoanmiss, 2018-12-07

[I like American fruitcake! But when the moist, boozy kind lands in front of me, I like that even more -- it doesn't happen often. In any case, whatever your feelings about fruitcake, enjoy the last evening of Channukah and the second Sunday of Advent!]

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redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] redbird at 02:51pm on 2018-12-09
The American fruitcake I like is closer to what Jo (who is Welsh and now lives in Canada) posted as "cousin Beryl's fruitcake," basically a pound cake with dried fruit mixed in, and relatively light and moist.
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minoanmiss: Minoan lady watching the Thera eruption (Lady and Eruption)

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 06:14pm on 2018-12-09
ahahah how much should I let myself babble?

That style is often known as a light or white fruitcake, and it definitely doesn't get aged. And I will remember that you like it. I bet one with quince and cardamom would work well. :)
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minoanmiss: Maiden holding a quince (Quince Maiden)

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 06:13pm on 2018-12-09
*blushes a lot*
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posted by [personal profile] cellio at 12:48am on 2018-12-10
And [personal profile] minoanmiss makes excellent properly-soaked fruitcake!
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posted by [personal profile] herveus at 03:26am on 2018-12-12
My mother-in-law gives me a fruitcake every year. It's really good, and is properly soused in bourbon. It's cake with nuts and fruit in it.
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