Fruit cake?????

[Nan_PA_6b]

Salt, the 30-day cake looks like it would be cheaper to make. They say the recipe makes 3 cakes' worth. If you bought the small cans of fruit, (ideally 1/3 the size of the big ones, but in reality probably half-size), less of the other ingredients, I think it would be much cheaper than having to buy candied fruit.

[AlittleSalt]

I've made fruitcakes much better than https://www.collinstreet.com/about_us The fact is that after a year of supporting our adult child, his wife, and grandchildren - we no longer have any money. Default on credit cards - cashing in change just to go to a funeral... but darn, it was fun making fruitcakes back in the day.

[Worth1]

I guess they will soak for a week, it isn't like I can come home from work and make the things.
Still haven't decided on the batter yet.
If this works out right I will have enough to last for eternity.

Worth

[Worth1]

Saw several recipes and videos where people soaked not only the fruit but the nuts.
Not a good idea to me.
Who wants soggy nuts?
Another very good celebrity chef doesn't soak her nuts just the fruit in Makers Mark.
Lots of Makers Mark.

[AlittleSalt]

Thanks Rajun. I understand yours being incorporated with this thread. The Herman cake thread I started has nothing to do with fruitcakes - well, the cake part. I don't mind, it just surprised me a little.

Worth, about soaking ingredients before cooking. I'm not sure about that? I know my thoughts on this are opinionated, but I like for each ingredient to have it's own individual taste in a fruitcake. I can't imagine biting into a date and it tasting like rum.

I did a search on dates, and found this site to be very interesting. Jujube http://www.texasgardener.com/pastiss...08/Jujube.html

[Worth1]

Raised up eating fruit soaked in alcohol.
Mostly brandy.
Where I grew up people always had a giant container of brandied fruit on the table.
Instead of getting in the cookie jar we were always in the fruit.

By the way the dates are in bourbon not rum.

If you have never had real rum raisin ice cream it is to die for.

[Worth1]

How is the friendship cake fruit coming along.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Worth1

How is the friendship cake fruit coming along.

The only reason why I looked it up was because it was bothering me that I couldn't remember the details. I don't intend to make a friendship cake.

I have written this here before, so I'll rewrite it in a very condensed form. From the year 2000 through early 2010 - the pain specialists had me taking so many opioid medicines and morphine that my memories are hazy at best about things that didn't matter during that time and before. When I quit taking the medicines - it was like starting a new life in-a-way. Gardening is a big part of how I got away from those medicines. It didn't change the fact that I have a nerve disease, and when I found out the soil I was gardening in has RKN and FW3 ...

I have been living gardening life vicariously through all of you at Tomatoville since then. I have not given up on gardening, but I need to see better results in container gardening.

I also need to read about how your fruitcake is coming along.

[Rajun Gardener]

It's doing good, I added the 2nd can of fruit and sugar last night. It was a day earlier than the recipe but it totally stopped fermenting so the yeast ate all the sugar. I also added some yeast energizer from the wine supplies I bought and that kicked up the yeast activity. It smells like cheap wine when you open it up.

I also have 4 jugs of wine going too. I started 3 using bread yeast and the 4th with wine yeast trying to do it right.
The first pic is the cake ferment this morning and a blackberry and cranberry wine I started 2 days ago. The others are doing good except the apple, it must have something in it not listed on the label to stop the year because I can't get it to ferment right and I've added 2 cups of sugar and a whole pack of yeast and the yeast energizer. The Welsh's are all working right.

[Worth1]

Salt I was asking Ragun how his fruit was doing.
I read practically everything you guy put up I just dont reply sometimes.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Salt I was asking Ragun how his fruit was doing.
I read practically everything you guy put up I just dont reply sometimes.
Worth

Oops It felt good writing it out though.

[Worth1]

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13923...h.htm#Page_282

This is a link to fruitcakes in the White House Cook Book we have a thread on here.

[coronabarb]

Just to clear up some possible confusion, the Harvest Time areas were originally conceived as recipe sections. They morphed into conversation areas, which is great. Always love to read how others cook. I don't see an advantage to individual threads on the same topic, such as cake. That's why there are so many sticky threads that both Mischka and I set up. I was hoping topics would go under those threads as they apply. Keeps from having dozens of pages of individual topics. That's why I asked Durgan to keep his juicing chronicles in one thread instead of individual threads for each time he juiced something. Soon, the first page was almost all his threads. Trying to keep some organization to things. ;-)

[AlittleSalt]

A post that came from depression.

[Nan_PA_6b]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Barb, did my influence on Tomatoville hurt this site? I've wanted to ask Craig too. All I know is that this site is not like whatever it was like before I got here. I can't help but feel that I hurt this site. I added posts and replies about feelings and us being human. That has nothing to do with growing tomatoes. The name of this site is Tomatoville.

Craig, I apologize. I was just being myself. I hope you understand.

1. Barb, not sure what you're saying. What would you like us to do differently?

2. Salt, I read all the threads in General Discussion (the ones that interested me) all the way back to the beginning. I don't see how your input has been anything but enhancing to TV. What do you mean when you say it was different before you? In what way?

Nan