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Does ayone actually like fruit cake?

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Do you like fruit cake?

  • Yes

  • No

  • It's OK, I guess

Results are only viewable after voting.
NetWareHead said:
Its not really ultra processed in the sense of junk food etc... Its actual fruit soaked in enough sugar to dry and preserve it. Pretty sure the water content in fresh fruit would be not contribute to a good cake, hence the candying process.
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you can dry fruit perfectly well without making it bright red/green and soaking it in sugar. Fruit has plenty of sugar as it is. Those "fruits" taste nothing like what they were made from. I've had plenty of minimally processed dry fruits and they were all delicious tasting very close to their fresh alternatives.
 
IceBergSLiM said:
you can dry fruit perfectly well without making it bright red/green and soaking it in sugar. Fruit has plenty of sugar as it is. Those "fruits" taste nothing like what they were made from. I've had plenty of minimally processed dry fruits and they were all delicious tasting very close to their fresh alternatives.
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So make your fruit cake from those then, I'm not seeing the problem here.😵

As long as they are sufficiently dried theres no problem.
 
Fruit cake that's soft and velvety with FRESH fruit in it is great. Traditional fruit cake that has the fruit cooked inside of it has always looked gross, and I've never bothered to try it.

I voted Yes in your poll because fresh fruit in cake should be considered fruit cake
 
I made two fruitcakes this year. All natural with dried apricots, cherries, blueberries, raisins, cranberries, almonds and pecans. Soaked in good brandy. I like it and make it just to give to people who think they don't like fruitcake. Most people like it.
 
sonambulo said:
Doesn't look too tough but a stollen trip is as good a chance as any to snap up some illegal kinder eggs while I'm in there :sneaky:

Much obliged for the recipe, friend!
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Obviously the gifts in your kinder eggs are better than the ones that we get over here! 😀
 
No, and I subscribe to the theory that there's only a small handful of fruitcakes in the world that have been re-gifted since the early 1400s.
 
WelshBloke said:
Obviously the gifts in your kinder eggs are better than the ones that we get over here! 😀
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Heheh, no we get the same ones. It's against the law to buy or sell Kinder eggs in America because the toy inside is considered a choking hazard. They know me, so they sell to me every time I go in there (and sometimes flag me down when I am walking past 😀)
 
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