Fruitcakes

[melchar]

I feel like I've been wrestling [my arms and shoulders are so sore]. Making fruitcakes = hard work.

But this recipe makes such a good fruitcake! Flour, spices, nuts, applesauce, dried fruit [nothing candied], brandy and a lot of stirring of the heavy batter. This makes 4 fruitcakes that, having been baked, are wrapped in cheesecloth, coaked in brandy and allowed to season for at least a week [although a month is better].

One will go to my mom [since she asked for one], another probably to Trey's mom.

Whew! Now will I do the honey cakes next? [another wonderful recipe lumped in as 'fruitcake'] ... Maybe on Monday.

Comments

[gil-liant.livejournal.com]

"Something's in the mix ...
Something's in the mix ...
Melchar's in the kitchen, up to her old tricks.

"She's locked away up there, stirring up a storm ...
Greasing up the pans, the oven's nice and warm.

MAKING FRUIT CAKE! ...
(You know the rest)


"Recipes are buzzing through my brain,
Goodies fit to drive a girl insane.
Cakes and cookies that I love to eat!
All my friends tell me they can't be beat.
Time to rustle up another batch,
As my hubby shoves them 'down the hatch'.

Something's here that quite upsetting,
Something that I keep forgetting,
Like some milk whose date is past.
Just because I choose to treat them, doesn't mean I have to eat them!

[victor-cow.livejournal.com]

Hahahah brilliant Sir, made me laugh lots.

[gil-liant.livejournal.com]

I'm glad. Thank you.