Fruitcake Fans

[9dreizig]

I look forward to the one that my mom makes and sends to me every year.. Rum is the secret ingredient..

[HardDrive]

I've got one living right next door.

[porsche4life]

Skip the fruitcake and send me the rum...

[artplumber]

Originally Posted by 9dreizig

I look forward to the one that my mom makes and sends to me every year.. Rum is the secret ingredient..

Yeah, rum is better than bandy IMO. Maybe Doug should try fruit brandy to alter the flavor. That might be a fun experiment.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Cdnone1

My Grandmother use to make them ever year. I grew up eating them and I guess developed a taste for it. I don't think I have tasted one since my Grandmother got to old to make them anymore.

The older I get the more I miss somethings, and sitting here on a rainy night in LA I would give almost anything to sit once again and have a nice cup of tea and a slice of Fruit Cake with my Grandmother.

Steve

I know how you feel. Sometimes things that happened last week seem like they happened a lifetime ago, but the things that happened 40 years ago seem like yesterday, and I wish they were...

[72doug2,2S]

Hi my name is Doug and I like fruit cake. Wait,.. is this the support group?

I discovered just yesterday that Rum is not the only alcohol you can try in these cakes. I am now thinking I need to take the advice given and go with a flavored brandy. To my surprise there are Gin based cakes, Whisky based cakes, and all sorts of brandy cakes. A new one on me is Armagnac a brandy from Gascony FR.

Here's another one that caught my eye, Morello Cherries, Cherry brandy, and chocolate (Arcadian Forest).
Fortnum and Mason - Arcadian forest Cake, 830g