2020 has turned out to be a complete dumpster fire of a year with only the birth of Danger Baby being the bright spot. The rest of it just sucks. But the holidays afford me the opportunity to make one of my favorite holiday treats...Fruit Cake! Okay, so I know what you all are thinking..."fruit cake? You mean that brick that you get as a gift if no one likes you?" Well...yeah...sort of. Don't get me wrong...if presented with that brick that no one eats...I might use it as a self defense weapon...but I will likely partake in that dense treat.
Yeah...I like fruit cake. But...the fruit cake that I make is only representative of that desert that can be used as a foundation of a house in name only. I don't use candied fruit or citron or anything else that might glow in the dark before consumption. I use real dried fruit and then bathe them in booze for at least a few days. Anyway...here are some pictures of one of the cakes I made in the past>>>
Well...Life has been a little busy for me lately...you know...Danger Baby and all. And while I am a little behind the power curve...I still want to show off my fruit cake! I'll likely forgo the full two weeks of spritzing, but that doesn't mean I can't booze it up a bit.
Hopefully I will begin to macerate the fruit tonight. That's right...I said macerate...it doesn't mean what you think it means...or maybe it does. But that is what I am going to do. I would love to say that I am going to use my grandmas secret recipe that dates back to 1809...but I am not. I have tried a few fruit cake recipes and I still like the Alton Brown - Free Range Fruit Cake the best. You can find it here: Free Range Fruitcake
So...follow along if you will in this wonderful adventure into unknown possibilities...or just stick around to see me screw up...it's all the same to me.
Yeah...I like fruit cake. But...the fruit cake that I make is only representative of that desert that can be used as a foundation of a house in name only. I don't use candied fruit or citron or anything else that might glow in the dark before consumption. I use real dried fruit and then bathe them in booze for at least a few days. Anyway...here are some pictures of one of the cakes I made in the past>>>
Well...Life has been a little busy for me lately...you know...Danger Baby and all. And while I am a little behind the power curve...I still want to show off my fruit cake! I'll likely forgo the full two weeks of spritzing, but that doesn't mean I can't booze it up a bit.
Hopefully I will begin to macerate the fruit tonight. That's right...I said macerate...it doesn't mean what you think it means...or maybe it does. But that is what I am going to do. I would love to say that I am going to use my grandmas secret recipe that dates back to 1809...but I am not. I have tried a few fruit cake recipes and I still like the Alton Brown - Free Range Fruit Cake the best. You can find it here: Free Range Fruitcake
So...follow along if you will in this wonderful adventure into unknown possibilities...or just stick around to see me screw up...it's all the same to me.
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