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I don't think I've ever actually tried fruit cake. I've heard the jokes about it of course. And looking at the recipes, well, I'm not really an alcohol drinker, so didn't appeal that much to me in the past.
But I found a fruit cake recipe yesterday - literally cake with dried fruit in it - so I baked one ;D I'll report tonight how it tasted. Crossing my fingers I didn't mess it up.
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Anyone have any fruit cake recipes they enjoy? Or horror stories :P Feel free to post jokes or whatever too. lol
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I did have some a few years back. I thought it was pretty good.
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All Fruit cake is not created equal ...lol. I think it probably gets a bad wrap because of some cheap badly produce store garbage. I recall several years ago someone gave us a gift box a 3 different types of fruit cakes (I remember on with Macadamia nuts) I cannot remember the brand (but it was something like Harry & David). They were amazing. I am sure homemade would be quite good as well.
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When I was growing up, my mom made fruitcake every year. She tried out different recipes. Some of them were really good. Except for the refrigerator fruit cake. Even after almost 50 years, I remember, it was nasty!
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My mom makes a great fruit cake. It's the only fruit cake I'll eat.
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I've had some great fruitcake. I've also had horrible fruitcake. It's not something easy to make.
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I dont like fruit cake
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It's okay as long as you don't eat too much of it or you'll get sick of it.
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No... Way! I would love to try your mom's fruit cake. But in the store is the only way not to go..
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Yes and like anything some taste better than others.
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No, I haven't tried it. I guess how it tastes depends on how it's made.
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Many people don't like fruit cake. I tried and enjoyed my Granny's fruit cake. Merry Christmas!
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I have always loved fruitcake myself!
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i like it but it is to sweet for me so i would rather just have a big slice of pumpkin pie or apple
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I love fruit cake. My mother and my grandmother made some really good ones, and my father-in-law, a baker, made the best. As said before, some are good and some not so good. Many you buy at the store are dry. Also, you don't have to put alcohol in them.
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No I have never actually tried it, it is something I will not try
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Fruit cake and mince meat pie are two things I have never tried and do not have a desire to! They just don't sounds very good to me at all.
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I love fruit cake!!!
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I have tried it and I don't like the taste of fruit cakes. I'd rather have cookies.
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Yes, I have, several times especially when told this is the best fruitcake ever. I may have tried the best fruitcake ever but I still don't like fruitcake. I don't like jam cakes either.
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I have and depending on who makes it it is really good. My sister inlaw make one of the best ones, it is very, very good. But there are some of them that are really nasty
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Some fruitcakes are better than others. And it does tend to be very sweet and rich, so--small doses are recommended.
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If a fruit cake is made right I like it. I will not buy the stuff that is sold in the stores, it is awful. I am the only one in my family that likes it, of course I have not a fruit cake in years only because all I have heard is I won't eat that stuff. And I can make a great fruit cake, without using the awful citron that the stores put in. I make a fruit cake type cookie and the they scarf it up. Hehe they just don't know. But it has honey and good fruits in it.
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I don't think I've ever actually tried fruit cake. I've heard the jokes about it of course. And looking at the recipes, well, I'm not really an alcohol drinker, so didn't appeal that much to me in the past.
But I found a fruit cake recipe yesterday - literally cake with dried fruit in it - so I baked one ;D I'll report tonight how it tasted. Crossing my fingers I didn't mess it up.
:snowman:
Anyone have any fruit cake recipes they enjoy? Or horror stories :P Feel free to post jokes or whatever too. lol
I actually tried to eat fruit cake 5 time but did not like it and I will not try any more.
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I have never had it before.
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I like to eat fruit cakes. Thank You!
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I like fruit cake but some are better than others. The secret is that it should not be too dry.
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I ate some as a young teen at a friends and absolutely hated it.
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Tried it once or twice. Not a fan.
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I've tried it and I don't like it!
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There's so many kinds...and so many kinds of bad. :) There was one my mom used to make with Brazil nuts stuffed into dates so when it was cut, there was a dark ring with the nut-filled center & that one was the best one I've ever tried......but still not a fan.
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I've tried a few variety of fruit cake and concluded I am not a fan. I'm not a really big candied fruit person to begin with, and putting that in a cake ... shudder...
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I tried it before but didn't like the taste of it.
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I have tried fruitcake and I do not like it. My aunt used to make one every Christmas, hers were not as bad as the little square ones you buy in the store but I still could not eat it.
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i have not but i would be interested in trying it. it always looks so heavy that i have never tried it.
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I really like it, but it isn't something you want to eat all the time. It is heavy going.
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I've never tried it, mostly due to all the bad press it has. I have been meaning to try it to see what all the fuss is about & if it is truly awful. I can surmise from all these comments not to buy the ones from the stores, they had one at Costco I might attempt; or buy one from Harry & David's.
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The store bought ones to me are like eating saw dust. Although I haven't tasted since I was a kid. Now once when a teenager tasted one that was homemade and it was pretty good. Yea, let us know how yours came out I would be interested to know.
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My Grandma made one for years and it was very good. Her way was for 6 months prior to Christmas was to wrap the fruitcake in cheese cloth and every day soak it in rum and brandy.It had a KICK to it.I ate a store bought one and UGH!
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I had some and it was store bought. It wasn't very good.
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My grandma used to have fruitcake for the holidays, although I don't think she made it. I always thought I was pretty good. I bet homemade is even better.
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Nothing about fruitcake appeals to me. Just sounds gross.
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I don't think I've ever actually tried fruit cake. I've heard the jokes about it of course. And looking at the recipes, well, I'm not really an alcohol drinker, so didn't appeal that much to me in the past.
But I found a fruit cake recipe yesterday - literally cake with dried fruit in it - so I baked one ;D I'll report tonight how it tasted. Crossing my fingers I didn't mess it up.
:snowman:
Anyone have any fruit cake recipes they enjoy? Or horror stories :P Feel free to post jokes or whatever too. lol
Ye3s yes i have tried the fruit cake and i love it
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I've had good fruit cake all jokes aside, and with the right fruit, and prepared the right way it is pretty good! Some of the store bought stuff I bought was disgusting tho! So just watch out which one you choose! Happy Holidays!
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I tried and didn't like yuck!!
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I think it pretty good. But cannot eat a lot because I don't get use to eat this.
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Actually fruit cake is pretty darn good...with or without the rum/bourbon. I think it got a bad rap because it keeps forever and gets drier the older it is. I've always kind of liked it. But, with the bourbon in a glass beside it!
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When I was in high school 50 years ago, one of the marching band's fund raising projects was to sell fruit cakes each year at Christmas time. I could never understand how they could sell enough to make any money. I did not think they tasted good, but I was a kid back then and now I do like the taste of fruitcake a bit better. Still, I would rather use my dessert calories on something chocolate!
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Fruit cake tastes so gross!
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I have never tried fruit cake, but would love to try it some time.
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During the holidays we have fruit cake and other type of cakes. I like to eat fruit cake once a year.
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Yes, I've tried it and I didn't think it tasted too bad! :thumbsup:
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fruit cake is to sweet for my taste
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no i havent,,,but i say i dont like it.......... :pumpkin:
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Yes I have tried fruit cake I actually like it.... :)
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I have tried fruit cake and it's not bad but not something I would want to eat very often and I wouldn't want a lot of it.
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I will admit it depends on the "fruitcake". Store bought is usually the worst kind, but, homemade can be the best. I never really liked fruitcake until I tried one made by one of my husbands' aunts. She used to make it in September and add rum every day until Christmas - let me tell you that was one delicious fruitcake. Of course, she's been gone quite some time and nobody has the recipe. Ah, memories!!!
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My Aunt Gladys always made fruitcake during the holidays. I loved it, so I always got a loaf of it. It had dates, dried cherries and big nuts. I particularly like dates and big nuts.
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I tried it as a kid. my parents used to like it and there was a place in northern texas that made famous fruitcakes. I don't like it though.
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I don't like fruit cake
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Yes and it is not that bad I actually enjoy it but it does lose the taste after a few.
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I have tried fruit cake once in my life and I didn't like it. It was too dense and thick.
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I tried several different kinds of fruit cake. The cake part is okay, but I just don't like the candied fruit in the cake. If it was just the cake and nuts, it would be okay.
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Yeah I tried it, it's still gross
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Yes, I have tried it and I just do like, even when my Mom makes and she is the best cook I love all her food, but never acquired the taste for that fruit cake,
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I've had fruit cake multiple times in the past because my mother used to buy (and make) it. In my opinion, it's not all that bad...I think people don't like it because it's so dense and that it has....dried fruit in it...My mother would sometimes put nuts in her homemade fruit cakes, which tasted better than the store bought cake.
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I tried once at a party. It tasted good. I also think it has a lot of calories.
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I have tried it, but I didn't like it.