“I started soaking my fruit two weeks ago,” I bragged to my brother-in-law at Thanksgiving last year. He glared at me: “Good. You can make a black cake next year, then.” Mind you, this is my ...
Fruit cake is a dense, moist dessert made with a mix of nuts, dried fruit and spices. The finished cake is “soaked” in brandy, rum or whiskey and wrapped in plastic wrap and foil for a few months. As ...