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BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year?
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Duckboots Date: 13 Dec 99 - 09:06 PM I was thinking about McKnees Christmas Cake and I remembered another world-class fruitcake Rick and I were given a couple of years ago. It was made by folksinger Beverlie Robertson and the fruit had been soaked in Amaretto, delicious. Beverlie's cake came with a little warning not to drive for a while after eating it, or should that be drinking it? Neil, what is Otoe? Duckboots
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: catspaw49 Date: 13 Dec 99 - 07:31 PM I'd have posted to this thread earlier except I just got out of the oven and have been completely marinated in Wild Turkey. Eat me. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Micca Date: 13 Dec 99 - 07:29 PM Hey McKnees, please buzz that recipe along here, but for Heavens sake keep Liz the Squeak away from it after the episode with the burning Christmas pud a few years back,( we live close enough to each other and because of families living far away, Toronto and Hawaii in my case New Zealand in Liz's) we take turns at cooking Christmas dinner. a few years back Liz over did the flaming brandy and it took 15 minutes for the flames to die back enough to see the extent of the damage!!! and another 10 to check the plate hadn't cracked!! The kitchen looked like Kuwait during the crisis. BTW McKnees I hope its Blended and not Single that this cake is moistened with!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Neil Lowe Date: 13 Dec 99 - 07:07 PM ...in a previous lifetime, I got stranded hitchhiking in Washington state somewhere between Spokane and Seattle with no sustenance for three days but water and some blackberries growing along the side of the road. After that, there are scant few things at which I will turn up my nose. Fruitcake is one of them. Another is something my wife calls otoe. Tastes like warm dirt. Neil |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: McKnees Date: 13 Dec 99 - 03:28 PM Don't worry, never fear, McKnees did send the cake, but I make it in September, give it a wee drink, and leave it alone. It's my Mums recipe and as Duckboots points out it's very moist in the middle. Send me a message if anyone wants the recipe. McKnees. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 13 Dec 99 - 03:07 PM Oops, I forgot Let us raise our glasses in good cheer Merry Christmas Catspaw & Happy New Year BB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 13 Dec 99 - 03:01 PM Ernie, I think Catspaw should be toasted, rather than baked or roasted. Merry Christmas Catspaw. BB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Bert Date: 13 Dec 99 - 02:37 PM Good point Capt. Bob, I haven't made stollen for a few years now. Trouble is, once I start making that rich yeast dough it usually finishes up as Lardy Cake, which is not traditionally for Christmas but always well received. Bert. P.S. I must admit that I thought this thread was going to say that someone had baked ol' Catspaw. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Duckboots Date: 13 Dec 99 - 02:24 PM One of the highlights of our Christmas is The Day The Cake Arrives. My sister, McKnees, makes the most wonderful fruitcake and sends us one all the way from Scotland every year, for which kindness we and all our guests are grateful. We have one guest who won't eat the cake until he's been assured that "it is your sister's cake isn't it?" The only problem with McKnees recipe is that some of the cake (usually the middle) has to be eaten with a spoon it's so moist. Duckboots |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Roger the skiffler Date: 13 Dec 99 - 10:09 AM MMario: don't throw it out, you never know when you may have to park on a hill! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: AnTirKitten Date: 13 Dec 99 - 09:59 AM This was emailed to me recently. Enjoy. :) Fruitcake Recipe > 1 cup water > 1 cup sugar > 4 large eggs > 2 cups dried fruit > 1 teaspoon baking soda > 1 teaspoon salt > 1 cup brown sugar > lemon juice > nuts > 1 gallon whiskey > > Sample the whiskey to check for quality. > Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure it is of the highest quality. > Pour one level cup and drink. > Repeat. > > Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a > large, fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. > Make sure the whiskey is still OK. Cry another tup. > Turn off mixer. > Break 2 legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. > Mix on the turner. > > If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a > drewscriver. > Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity. > Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares? > Check the whiskey. > > Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. > Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. > Whatever you can find. > Grease the oven. > > Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner. > Throw the bowl out of the window. > Check the whiskey again. > > Go to bed. > Who the heck likes fruitcake anyway? *ducking and laughing* Cat in BC |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: MMario Date: 13 Dec 99 - 09:51 AM I've got a piece of fruitcake in my car....(it's a good luck token) - that's been there through the last 5 vehicles. Still looks and smells "fresh" though I did have to replace the plastic wrap last year as it was disintegrating. Fruit cake never did much for me, but a good boiled pudding now, that is a treasure.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 13 Dec 99 - 08:50 AM Captn Bob, stolen is good too. Could you post that recipe? Thosp, have you read your Personal Messages? I had given you my address and words from my deepest gratitude. I thought I was really going to really get some vintage cake. Mary, if you don't want to post Mom's recipe, you could always send the recipe to me by Personal Message. I'll keep the McCarthy tradition a secret, I promise. BB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Roger the skiffler Date: 13 Dec 99 - 06:02 AM ...and I thought I was that fruitcake! Not been baked since I got back from Greece in September. :o) RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: dwditty Date: 13 Dec 99 - 05:58 AM And all this time I thought the world had only one fruitcake that got passed around, uneaten, from year to year. What a surprise!! DW |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: dwditty Date: 13 Dec 99 - 05:57 AM And all this time I thought the world had only one fruitcake that got passed around, uneaten, from year to year. What a surprise!! DW |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 13 Dec 99 - 03:45 AM Didn't make fruit cake, but did make Christmas puddings, same sort of thing but with 1/2 pint brandy, macadamia nuts, walnuts, almonds, bits of dried mango, pineapple and melon.... use vegetable suet instead of beef suet and it turns out really light and sticky. Must just go pour the last 1/2 pint brandy over it, to make sure it doesn't dry out..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: SingsIrish Songs Date: 13 Dec 99 - 03:22 AM 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
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Cap't Bob Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:27 PM Not exactly fruit cake, but we make around four to six stolons every year for Christmas. Cap't Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: thosp Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:18 PM Just Kidding!!! (thosp ducks to avoid assorted things being thrown) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:17 PM ME |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: thosp Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:16 PM i baked one about 20yrs ago -- still have some left,and it's as good as the day it was made--i'd be happy to send some to anyone that would like peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:15 PM Susan, your nephew's old fossil rock is about the size I cut myself for a serving. BB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Susan A-R Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:11 PM I like a little of it, but that's never what arrives. Now if you could make LITTLE ones that would be nice. Somehow I always get one that is the same size and weight as the big old fossil rock my nephew gave me to use as a door stop or book end. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:06 PM Would you Moonchild? Oh boy! I've got my pen ready. BB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: bbelle Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:03 PM I love all kinds of fruitcake, but not the storebought kind. Both my grandmothers made the traditional kind. My mother's fruitcake has whole filberts, brazil nuts, and pecans, dried apricots and dates, and candied cherries ... and it is to die for! I'd be glad to post the recipe if anyone is interested ... moonchild |
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Subject: RE: BS: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: Little Neophyte Date: 12 Dec 99 - 10:59 PM I love fruit cake SingsIrish Song! I don't bake fruit cake, but I try to buy mine from a quality bakery. Sax Fifth Avenue kind of fruit cake. I would like to try and make it though. Would you be able to post your recipe? Do you ice it with marzipan icing? I love that stuff! But it's so rich. Sometimes I get concerned about eating too much colour dye from all the marinated fruits. I mean, you should see how much cake I can eat! Boy SingsIrish Song, I'm so glad you started this thread. I'm going to go have a piece right now. BB
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Subject: Fess up! Who baked fruitcake this year? From: SingsIrish Songs Date: 12 Dec 99 - 10:49 PM Suppose it depends on if you had a good experience with the first fruitcake you tasted...so I can't figure out why it gets such a bad rap! I will admit I have baked my batch for this year...and will freeze some for next year... Who else will be brave enough to admit baking this seasonal treat???? "There were plums and prunes and cherries(refrain from "Miss O'Leary's Irish Fruit Cake" sung by Pat Harrington on cd: Kiss Me I'm Irish [ck 53631] Mary |