Banjo Bonnie,

I feel I'll have to get permission from my Mom before letting out the McCarthy family fruitcake recipe...might be very guarded. LOL

This year I think I put too much fruit in and although they baked plenty long enough (toothpicks came out nice and clean), they are too "moist" to slice!

Moonchild, I love the idea of using filberts, brazil nuts and pecans! I am boring when it comes to the ingredient labeled "nuts" and only use walnuts.

After having made the stuff and seeing what goes into it, it is a good way to prevent yourself from eating too much! The first thing ya do for my family's recipe is boil together 1 pound of ground salt pork (ABSOLUTELY NO LEAN) and 1 pint strong coffee. If you can get past that, the rest is easy--save for stirring in all the fruit!

Mary