Reader Comments on Mary's Farm: Fruitcake Weather from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake No door stops or boat anchors for me. Contrary to most of my family members, I love a good fruitcake! I've printed the recipe and will try it. Wish me luck, and Edie, who knows-you might just receive your second fruitcake as an adult. Doris Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:55:01 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake Wow - does this bring back southern memories! My mother made a delicious fruitcake each Christmas season. She loaded it with Brazil nuts, almonds, pecans, and English walnuts. Because we had pecan trees on our property, pecans.were plentifully added. She didn't like some of the candied fruit, so she only put in candied pineapples and cherries which she diced into small pieces, golden yellow and dark raisins, and dates. She baked it in a large tube pan with brown paper on the bottom. The fun part was our weighing it when it was finished. Because of the density of the cake and the many pounds of nuts it was always sooooooo heavy! The top was truly beautiful, whole pieces of candied pineapple circling the top, red and green canded cherries in the center of these, all surrounded by walnut and pecan halves with whole Brazil nuts here and there. She halved apples and lay them across the top and around the sides, then wrapped the entire masterpiece in a cloth soaked in bourbon followed by an outer layer of foil. Oh, my! When we finally sliced it a week or so later it was moist and delicious! I am so sorry she is no longer healthy enough to make this cake, and her memory is so compromised that she can't recall specific measurements. I have not searched her files thoroughly enough to find her recipe, but I must do so! My husband who has never had a "real" fruitcake - only those made by Claxton or other such southern fruitcake bakeries - absolutely LOVES fruitcake. If he had ever eaten Mother's cake he would think he were in heaven. In fact, he loves it so much he begins his yearly search to find them at Thanksgiving. This year I am ordering him one from Dillard, Georgia and keeping my fingers crossed that it will be better than the others he has found both here in the Pacific NW and in Georgia! Wish me luck! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:48:47 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake This recipe sounds great and I am looking forward to giving it a try. I LOVE the tin that the cake is displayed in on the cover of the magazine. Where could I find a similar pan? Thanks for your great articles - Mary's Farm is one of my favorite things about Yankee magazine. It's almost always the first thing I read. :-) Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:49:28 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake My exact thoughts, Sue !!! Doesnt each of us wish we were a "kid again" ?! If even for a day so that we can embrace the holiday again. I remember my parents saying things like "the good old days" and "remember when...." Each of us have BECOME our parents, whether we want to admit it or not. SInce I've lost both of my parents within the last 3 years, the holidays are especially rough. But we each need to draw on our fondest memories, cherish the old and embrace the new. So...bring on that first Nor'easter, let me slip and slide down lifes highway and please dont let me burn what will be my First attempt at Fruitcake this year ! Happy Holidays to all you Yankee readers this year and "God Bless us, Everyone !!!!!!!! " Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:24:24 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake I agree wholeheartedly Rhonda and Sue. I'm a new subscriber to Yankee magazine and love every inch of it. Rhonda..your "bring on the Nor'easter...comment...I concur!!!...bring it on and I too will be attempting my first ever fruitcake! Blessings for a wonderful holiday! Doreen Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake It sounds like the author is describing Claxton Fruitcakes, one of my seasonal favorites! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:23:01 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-11/features/fruitcake I made this recipe last year at Christmas. It was a HUGE hit - especially with my dad! He has already requested it again for Christmas this year. I had a heck of a time finding a 6 inch round cake pan and ended up using a ceramic souffle dish instead. I kept an eye on it while baking and it turned out fine! Next time I will soak the fruit a little more in the brandy - they were not as moist as I would have liked them to be. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:58:57 +0100