Doorstops! Actually, these are the only 4 Fruitcakes...

[rasputin1952]

in existence, they have been circulated for 127 years, only the tins have been replaced!...:D

[notadmblnd]

1. My sister loves fruitcakes, she got all four this year.

She's a mincemeat pie fan too. She's sick like that.

[rasputin1952]

2. LOL...

:D

[Captain Hilts]

10. We're English and I can eat mincedmeat pie fine...

but I draw the line at the plasticky, jellied fruits. Ugh!!

[rasputin1952]

17. You guys have Plum Pudding!

I just read where they are made 90 days before Christmas...:D

Must be some powerful stuff!...

[Captain Hilts]

27. See my response, response #8!!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. I HATE FRUITCAKE. You can have my piece.

[rasputin1952]

4. No steel teeth here...

might send one to bush as an anchor though...:D

[Vickers]

5. I visited the Claxton Fruit Cake Company a few years ago and

had a slice fresh from the oven, and it was DELICIOUS.

Once it's been around for awhile, meh, but fresh they are awesome.

I even bought a t-shirt ("The Choice of Millions Since 1910!").

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. I suspect they are tastier when just baked.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Without the crap in it. nt

[gkhouston]

11. Depending on the recipe, they may be better later on. The ones I make are

actually a jam cake with spices and they're better about a month after you bake them. My mom used to make 'em but her hands are too stiff these days so I've inherited the task. I use dates, raisins, pecans, lots of candied cherries, and a little candied pineapple but none of that square multicolored whatever-it-is.

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. what I hate most are the 'square multicolor whatever it is". My sis loved 'em

[Liberal Veteran]

14. The square multicolor fruitcakes are the best....

....for using as a weapon or building material in a pinch.

[Captain Hilts]

28. Citron.

NOT to be confused with the French car, Citroen.

[rasputin1952]

7. Like warm cupcakes or warm pie...

always better after just cooling a bit.

I am more of a cinnamon roll gut though, fruitcake is a tad "heavy"...might just clog the old plumbing as well...

[Captain Hilts]

8. DREADFULL. The jellied fruits are gross! Makes plum pudding look good!

[rasputin1952]

15. On Plum Pudding:

Day 6-90 weekly maintenance.
Every Week, unwrap pudding, sprinkle on the brandy.


Holy crap! Those things are made 90 days before Christmas!

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. egads... so it's wet and reeking of alcohol. ugh.

[rasputin1952]

26. Those things aren't "right" unless they are on fire...

Must use a LOT of brandy! Come to think of it, maybe drinking most of the brandy before eating might be the sensible thing to do...:D

[jannyk]

12. Did you eat the 5th one or are they reproducing? :) nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. A flaw in your statement that only 4 fruitcakes exist: What about the square ones?

Fruitcake, upclose and personal! Gooey colored bits clearly visible.

[rasputin1952]

18. Thoe are highly adorned adobe bricks...

:D

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. If we scraped off the colored thingies, the cake part looks maybe edible here.

[rasputin1952]

21. ...

:rofl:

[Liberal Veteran]

20. What pisses me off is that they look delicious and tempt you into trying a piece...

....which NEVER ends well.

[rasputin1952]

22. Insidious things...

that they are...:D

[Blue_In_AK]

23. I made a WONDERFUL fruitcake this year

with raisins, currents, dried figs and dried apricots, soaked in rum. It's really, really good. I'm no fan of the candied fruit either, but the natural stuff is great.

[rasputin1952]

24. I think homemade Fruitcake would be wonderful...

you'd know what went into them, and you could leave out the sawdust, concrete and other assorted "interesting" things!

Congrat's and enjoy!!!!...

I had an aunt that made Rum Baba from scratch, I could only eat a little, (it was terrible), but most homemade baked goods are great...:D