Recipes

[Ainhisg]

What is your best fruitcake recipe?  And for those of you who use rum or brandy, what is a good brand to buy?  I have looked back through old fruitcake recipe threads, but there hasn't been one in awhile that I could find.  So since there are likely new members on the forums, I thought I would start a new post.

[Still Raining]

Odd one out here, but I love a homemade, dark one.  Been several years since I have made one.

What I have found is the fruit available at the grocery has gone downhill.  Just a waste of eggs and butter.

I am thinking of ordering fruit online.

[Foxxee]

I tasted a lot of different kinds of fruitcake, homemade, too, haven't found one better than Beatrice's Grandma's Fruit and Nut cake sold on QVC.

It is a 100 year old recipe from the owner's grandmother.  

It has real bourbon, dark rum, and 84 proof brandy.  Light batter.

I thought I had found the best one made by Collin's in 
Texas that makes fruitcakes for the White House, but Beatrice's is much better.  

[Kachina624]

It's so much work and so very expensive to make fruitcake, I think most people now buy those made by commercial bakeries.  You can buy them that are as good as homemade and are a better bargain.  You can put a lot of time and money into baking only to have the product come out dry or unsatisfactory.

[toria]

Meyer's Rum which is dark is good for fruitcake.  I probably would just use a common brandy if I used it.  I do have some recipes somewhere.  I'd have to find them.

[Ainhisg]

@toria , thank you for the rum/brandy recommendations!  

[Ainhisg]

OP here...I know how expensive it would be to make one, and I have bought them in the past--in fact, I am eating one right now that came from Assumption Abbey (delicious), but I would like to make one.  Can be dark or light as I am open to all recipes!

[patbz]

I like to bake but I'd never try a fruitcake ( especially since my family has been buying from Collin Street Bakery since I was a kid and I'm definitely no kid!).

[ciao_bella]

Have made this fruitcake for years.  Found it on the back of a jar of None Such Mincemeat.  It's deliciously moist and tasty.  

Holiday Fruitcake Recipe

2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 jar (28 ounces) Borden None Such Mincemeat (Borden's None Such Mincemeat comes in two flavors...the regular and then one with Brandy.  I choose the brandy one)
1 can (15 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
2 cups mixed candied fruit
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Heat oven to 300°F. Butter 9-inch tube or Bundt pan; set aside.

Combine eggs, mincemeat, sweetened condensed milk, nuts and fruit. Fold in dry ingredients.

Pour into prepared pan, and bake for 2 hours.

** I make it weeks ahead and keep it covered and in a cool place wrapped in rum soaked cheesecloth.

[SugarPuff]

I love a loaded dark fruitcake but I agree with @Kachina624 , they take hours to make.  I LOVE to cook and bake.  I made one about 10 years ago and it took almost 6 hours from start to finish.  While it was delicious it was definitely NOT worth the time and I wouldn't do it again.  There's a lot more to making a fruitcake than mixing and baking, there's several other steps.  Several commercial fruitcakes are far better and less aggravation.  I will look tonight for the recipe if you want it.  I see a recipe here but 2 cups of fruit isn't nearly enough plus you need 2 types of raisins.