Making Christmas Fruitcake
Years ago, I always made fruitcake for Christmas giving. I'd use the recipe from my 1960's Joy of Cooking that called for lots of candied cherries and pineapple, citron, pecans and other goodies. It also called from a jar of grape jelly and a cup of whisky. I'd make it in early November, then wrap the loaves in clean sheet fabric soaked in wine. Great Recipe, but times changed and people don't eat as much fruit cake as they once did, so I stopped making fruitcake. I saw all the colorful candied fruits at the grocery store yesterday and it made want to make some fruitcake.
Do people still like fruit cake, do you ever make it? Have a favorite recipe?
Here is an old recipe for Holiday Fruit Cake that sounds tasty (LOL).
You will need the following:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cups of chopped dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 ½ cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Lemon juice
Bottle of favorite whiskey
Sample whiskey to check for freshness and quality. Take large bowl. Check the whiskey again. To be sure it is the highest quality, pour one level cup of whiskey and drink. Repeat.
Turn on electric mixer; beat one cup of butter in the fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is OK. Cry another tup. Turn off the mixer.
Break four leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix it on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey for tonsisticity.
Now, sift two cups of salt. Or something….who cares? Check the whiskey. Now, sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar…or something…whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn cake tin 350 degrees. Don’t forget to beat off the turner. Throw bowl out the window. Check the whiskey again, and go to bed.
Hope this gives you a big smile!
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I clanned make zat!
<need more whiskey>
Always a classic during the holidays!
