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Cooking & Baking

TheManInTheMac

(985 posts)

11. See, that looks edible, but is it fruitcake?

Reply to Buck Turgidson (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 20, 2013, 10:34 PM

Jan 2013

I remember one cook on TV (I think it was the Urban Peasant, you old Learning Channel fans) and he just made a poundcake with fruit in it. Yeah, it's cake and fruit, but I don't think it's fruitcake. I can't imagine how to make a dry fruitcake, nor an edible one either.

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Any good fruit cake recipes - the one I used this year was too dry. [View all] hedgehog Jan 2013 OP

I used to use the one on the package of Pillsbury's Quick Date Nut Bread. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #1

Don't have the recipe handy guardian Jan 2013 #2

If you liked the fruitcake otherwise, why not try modifying the recipe? gkhouston Jan 2013 #3

if cake is too dry guardian Jan 2013 #4

If you liked the taste, try poking holes in it and adding moisture. A good sherry, or msanthrope Jan 2013 #5

I love Claxton Fruitcake but never could find a copycat recipe for it.... Little Star Jan 2013 #6

I found a spice cake at Cook's Illustrated that seems like a good start. hedgehog Jan 2013 #7

Free Range Fruitcake by Alton Brown Buck Turgidson Jan 2013 #8

Oh - dried fruit all the way! hedgehog Jan 2013 #9

inappropriate antiquie Jan 2013 #10

See, that looks edible, but is it fruitcake? TheManInTheMac Jan 2013 #11

209 five-star reviews say that it is definitely fruitcake. Buck Turgidson Jan 2013 #12