In the mood for fruit cake

If you find fruit cake "fruit" on sale after Christmas, you can cover it with brandy and let it soak until next Nov when it's time to bake the cake.
(colored fruits may lose their color but still taste GOOD!)

Or a minimum of 48 hours can be adequate ~~~ I usually soak for at least a couple of weeks. Both fruit and nuts get soaked.

I don't "Brush" any brandy on.
I pour..........

Put on as much as the cake will absorb.
Wrap tightly and then
Repeat every 7-10 days as desired.

I saved the excess after soaking all the dried fruit overnight and then draining it. I use a basting brush and just give each loaflet a good, wet painting of it on all sides. Needed a couple today to finish a cookie plate or a potluck, and found when I sliced them that the boozey fumes haven't really soaked in very far, and the flavor in the soaked fruit inside is nice and mild but definitely held the influence through the baking process. Should add here that I didn't really have any brandy this year, so I used up the bottom 1/2 inch of several bottles -- coconut rum, triple sec, amaretto.

I've never tasted fruitcake before and have always wanted some. On Food Channel today I saw Alton Brown's Fruitcake recipe. It sounds really yummy.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/a...ipe/index.html

Recipe?

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Joshie,

I just found this online:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/V...afer-Fruitcake

I think I may need to try it too!

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