Are you making fruitcakes for Christmas this year? not sure

My grandmother used to make them and give them out. Everyone HATED them. Are you sure that you're family isn't just being nice?

Still go ahead as planned, just put lots of RUM in them!

Great idea!

I will do this

I usually start baking them now and put them in the freezer til Christmas ...

Rum would be a great additive for this year especially.

My family is very conservative and they will need a few shots for the next 4 years

Cant afford it anymore, gotta pay for Obamacare in 2014.
Save them nickels y'all, you're gonna need em.

I love fruit cake, especially with the rum added every few days during the curing process.. Yumm I will start mine next week.

And who doesn't like fruitcake? When prepared properly they are awesome.

I thought everything is suppose to end on dec 21, 2012, three days before christmas,

Maybe this year calls for extra shots of rum!!

There are many Jokes about "fruitcakes" and the holiday season. This however does not distract from the reality that to the tempered taste fruitcakes are a delight and a wonderful part of the season.

Though there are many that might snicker at all the fruitcake hub-bub on shelves, the fruitcakes are on the store shelfs because they are being removed and bought and consumed.

The Fat stupid americans would rather eat a twinky or hosters and they of "cake" as devil's food.

Ah, but this is not the truth nor is it the opionion of the elite.

Fruitcakes are good for the soul. They are tasty and great to have and give and recieve as gift.

And even if no one ever ate the fruitcakes you make, thought I am sure they have, it is still part of tradition, and that alone has its own value.

yes I do, however it will take awhile to type it up..

Organic -Gluten free fruit cake:

Makes 1 (9 x 5-inch) fruitcake loaf

Cook for about 65-75 minutes


1 cup finely ground blanched almonds >this is in place of white flour ; can use rice flour
1/2 cup raw sugar
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped almonds
2 cups finely chopped figs
1/2 to 1 cup chopped dried cherries
1/2 to 1 cup dried cranberries
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon of almond extract, or vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300°F. Lightly grease a bread loaf pan and can use non stick papers

Whisk together ground almonds, sugar, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a large bowl. Stir in mixed nuts and dried fruits.

In a separate medium bowl, whisk together eggs, maple syrup and brandy until smooth. Add to fruit/nut mixture; mix well until fully combined (batter will be thick). Spread batter into prepared pan evenly.

Bake until fruitcake is brown and pulls away from sides of the pan, about 65 to 75 minutes. Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack 10 to 20 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack. Keeps for 2 to 3 weeks at room temperature, covered lightly.

Recommend you use almonds instead of rice flour tho...

rice flour can be 'finicky' at different altitudes

dont forget about the arcenic

I can't stand retards that need such things spelled out for them.

Gluten Free = Wheat Flower.

It's just that simple.

There are many other flowers that can be a replacement. Then any recipies known to man can be "Gluten Free".

I can't think of a better place on the 'net to ask this question, lol.

New Reports link RICE with Arcenic in the system. Just in case you were wondering.

yes i am. a few at least.

mine are mostly pecans and/or pecans and dates.

this is a recipe that i have used, except i didn't use candied fruit, i used coconut and macidamia nuts.

i loved every slice.

PECAN FRUIT CAKE
1 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. candied pineapple
1 1/2 lbs. pitted dates
8 c. pecans, chopped
2 c. sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 c. sugar

Cut fruit and nuts into small pieces. Cream sugar and eggs. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture to eggs and sugar and mix well. Pour batter over fruit and mix. Add pecans to mixture and mix well. Pour into greased tube pan. Preheat oven and cook at 275 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

recipe from...

[link to www.cooks.com]

Mmmm I always loved fruitcake.

NO need to waste all that time and energy making fruitcakes, not when you have GLP at your fingertips!



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