Today is National Fruit Cake Day

[Sherman A1]

How do you plan to celebrate?

[whistler162]

1. Sent Rush and Karl(Rove not my brother) a card!

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[In_The_Wind]

2. I'll celebrate by eating cake.

[img][/img] I need something to enjoy with coffee. [img][/img]

[siligut]

3. I learned to like fruitcake as a child

It was the one sweet that didn't get consumed so quickly that I never got a bite.

[liberal N proud]

4. Speaking of Fruit Cakes

Here are a few:









Too many more to show all of them.

[Sherman A1]

20. While I agree with you

I must state that I believe these folks give fruitcakes a bad name.

[GoCubsGo]

5. By wishing that someone would give a fruitcake for once.

I love 'em. Especially the homemade, booze-soaked cakes that have dates and raisins and nuts, but none of that candied fruit.

[kentauros]

8. That sounds more like a rum cake,

or even a bread pudding. Fruit cakes have to have fruit in them, whether it's candied or dried

[GoCubsGo]

9. Many fruitcake recipes call for rum or brandy.

And, lots of it.

[kentauros]

11. And bread pudding is made with a rum sauce.

And raisins

[modemac]

6. ...by being glad a certain fruitcake wasn't elected President

By baking a homemade fruitcake - and by being grateful a certain fruitcake wasn't elected President of the United States in 2012. I also would like to offer my own recipe for homemade fruitcake, with a promise that the difference between a fresh homemade fruitcake and one of those hideous store-bought doorstops is astounding. Fruitcake is also one of the easiest baked dishes you can make (even Alton Brown says that only home-baked brownies are easier). It's well worth the effort to make one...and if your family and friends are the kind who might run away just because "it's fruitcake" -- then tell a little white lie and say it's a SPICE CAKE.

Holiday Fruitcake: http://www.modemac.com/wiki/Holiday_Fruitcake

[kentauros]

7. Well,

I could make an order from Eilenberger's. I like them now even over Collin Street Bakery

[Kali]

12. ooo

the pecan apricot from Eilenberger's sounds almost edible!

but $25 for 1.5 lbs? ouch

[kentauros]

15. Yes, they are expensive.

Unless you know how and have the equipment to make them, it's worth that price for the quality they offer. I've had their Australian Apricot cake and would buy it again, versus making my own

[LiberalEsto]

10. If I had a fruitcake and a small catapult.... nt

[HappyMe]

13. By being grateful nobody

gave me one.

[kentauros]

16. Then someone needs to

let you sample a good one. Look at my post above for links to the best fruitcake makers on the planet

[nolabear]

14. With the singing of the anthem, of course!

Of course it helps that it was filmed in the Lounge...

[Sherman A1]

17. Superb!

[siligut]

18. Bright costumes, naked people on roller-blades and dancing fruitcake

What's not to like?

[Moondog]

19. I still have about half

of a Collin Street Bakery large fruitcake that a relative sends me every year around the middle of December. I like fruitcake, but that's a lot of fruitcake.

So this morning I started having a wedge with coffee in lieu of breakfast. If I keep that up it should be gone in another week or two. Particularly if I can induce anyone else to have a piece or two in the meantime.

Note to self: contact Auntie and get her to throttle back to a medium sized one in future years.

[FLSurfer]

21. awesome to see the name Collins Street Bakery

my great grandparents started that company and yes the fruitcake is very good.

[marzipanni]

24. My husband, perusing DU, mentioned to me that it's National Fruitcake Day

He got up and started laughing "making fruitcake involves a huge bowl, because where else do you use whole jars of green candied fruit?" I said, "Oh, I hate candied fruit, they're all like maraschino cherries!" then I added, "But Collin Street Fruitcakes are actually really good! My aunt and uncle used to send one to my family at Christmastime." Then my husband said, "Oh, someone just mentioned Collin Street Bakery in that thread!"
So I looked up Collin Street's website to discover why I liked their fruitcake and found out that they use dried pineapple, papaya, cherries, raisins, and pecans for the fruit and nuts in the cake, and just put a few green and red colored glacéed fruit pieces on top just to make the cakes look festive.

[femmocrat]

22. I actually bought a fruitcake today!

50% off at Hickory Farms. I didn't open it yet, so I can't give it a review.

[HeiressofBickworth]

23. I received a fruitcake for Christmas

I'm the only one in the family who likes fruitcake so I expect to enjoy a bit of it every day for the next month. It's full of candied fruit and very little cake and the top is heavily layered in pecans. It's yummy!