Comments on: Fruit Cake

By: caite

caite — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:53:19 +0000

I am a fan of dark fruit cake, with a variety of dried fruits and nuts and a lot of rum. It has been maturing for weeks, and on Christmas day I will finish it off with a layer of marzipan and royal icing in the grand Irish Christmas Cake tradition.

By: Aunt Spicy

Aunt Spicy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:46:58 +0000

Can we still be friends if I am not a fan of the fruitcake?

And super cool that Ms. Kimball commented!
.-= Aunt Spicy´s last blog ..MisAdventures of Visiting Wales =-.

By: Bren

Bren — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:42:26 +0000

OMGOSH!!! “THE” Jeanna Kimball was here? Celebrity status!!!! I LOVE her books. I am looking forward to seeing you create her Red and Green. I loved Crispy’s version.
.-= Bren´s last blog ..Kyle’s Road =-.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:37:28 +0000

I love fruitcake in all its variations. Hubby and I even made our wedding cake with tons of fruit. He was in university still and he faithfully added brandy to it every week for about 2 months. It was wonderful.

Karen, I have linked your post with my rhubarb apple crisp post today.
.-= Heather´s last blog ..Recipe Thursday – Rhubarb Apple Crisp =-.

By: Jeana Kimball

Jeana Kimball — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:50:26 +0000

Hello Karen. I was pleased to see you are enjoying my Red and Green book. It was first published in 1990, but is still popular today. For those interested, it, and other books I have written, are available new from my website. Also, I autograph all books purchased from my website. Thanks for letting me put in a word.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:24:43 +0000

Oh I do wish I had made the full recipe and not cut it by half – it taste wonderful. I sliced it up and froze part of it and didn’t think to take photos. I just might have to make another one!

By: Nettie

Nettie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:27:33 +0000

I love fruit cake, my DH has been making ours today, a bit late for maturing, but who cares! I may try that recipe Karen, a nice way to make a FC very moist is to do a boiled one, boiling the furit makes it juicy and succulent and holds the moisture in. Look forward to seeing your sweaters! good luck and have a wonderful Yuletide Season xx
.-= Nettie´s last blog ..latest house =-.

By: mary ann

mary ann — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:30:44 +0000

Oh, I love fruit-cake! Can’t get the ingredients over here, but I still dream of it from time to time!! I made it years ago in Canada and stuck knitting needles through it…that way the rum made it’s way into the cake faster!! LOL!!

By: christine

christine — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:33:28 +0000

You can have fruit cake without candied fruit???? Yay!

Until I read that part, I was a big yes for “I hate fruitcake”. Wonder if it’s too late to request candied-fruitless-fruitcake this christmas!

Cheers,
Christine

By: Riley

Riley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:52:57 +0000

Happy Birthday to your Mom, Karen!
She & I share a birth day though I am 7 years her junior.

I make a vanilla wafer fruitcake that I am told is wonderful. No liquor, no strange taste, no fuss , no muss.

Your quilting is wonderful, as always!