Fruitcake -With Recipe Attached

[DaveM]

I know some people hate fruitcake but I suppose it is what you used to and as far back as I can remember my mother has been baking fruitcake for Christmas. So I now have her recipe and have carried on baking it each Christmas.

It is a bit of a process to do but for us is well worth the effort and here is the one I just took out the over last night.

So now it will stand until Christmas day and every few days will have a bit of brandy poured over it to soak in. The best fruitcake I have ever eaten and if you had to buy this in a shop it would cost 10x more than what it cost to bake it. I must admit it still is not cheap to bake but well worth the cash if you do enjoy fruitcake.

Please just note we have never baked the small one so the baking time might not be correct so you will need to test the cake to make sure it is baked. Do not open the oven till nearly baked as it will sink in the middle.

The recipe for this cake is attached below.

 

[Rocky]

It looks absolutely delicious
As a kid, I remember my grandmother's making fruitcakes for Christmas and some sort of sugary/tangy spread to put in a slice if you wish.
Thanks for returning my memory to those great old days.

 

[DoorPosition]

That’s a dying recipe in the US. Way more common around the holidays 30-40 years ago.

 

[atomsplitter]

I recall my dad buying a fruitcake in a tin and then adding rum about every other day for two weeks. That was some good fruitcake!

 

[Rocky]

I recall my dad buying a fruitcake in a tin and then adding rum about every other day for two weeks. That was some good fruitcake!

 

[rodsridin]

Dave - Where did you post your mom's recipe?

 

[Greyfell]

Looking good; I can almost smell the aroma from here.

 

[DaveM]

Dave - Where did you post your mom's recipe?

I did not post it

 

[rodsridin]

I did not post it

Yeah, I know. Just hoping you only forgot. ;-)

 

[Qship]

I did not post it

I noticed that. Tease us some more why don't ya? Looks really good.

 

[DaveM]

Yeah, I know. Just hoping you only forgot. ;-)

I noticed that. Tease us some more why don't ya? Looks really good.

It is handwriting so I could scan it and post it if needed.

 

[DaveM]

The wife kindly typed it out for us so here it is attached.

Please just note we have never baked the small one so the baking time might not be correct so you will need to test the cake to make sure it is baked. Do not open the oven till nearly baked as it will sink in the middle.

 

[Rocky]

That's what I did with many of my wife's hand-written recipes, typed them out for easier reading.

 

[DaveM]

That's what I did with many of my wife's hand-written recipes, typed them out for easier reading.

The wife is now doing it as she wants to place them all in a proper book.

 

[rodsridin]

The wife kindly typed it out for us so here it is attached.

Please just note we have never baked the small one so the baking time might not be correct so you will need to test the cake to make sure it is baked. Do not open the oven till nearly baked as it will sink in the middle.

Many thanks to Dave and his wife.

 

[DaveM]

Many thanks to Dave and his wife.

Remember this is a closely guarded family secret recipe handed down for generations

As you will notice it is in metric but the original faded one handwriting by my mother was still all imperial mesuments.

The wife redid it in metric for us as it is just easer than having to convert mesument each time we make it.