Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-11-24 1:26 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>
>> I love it but stopped making one for Xmas after David died cos I could
>> have easily eaten a whole one myself with aforementioned weight gain.
>
> One? My mother used to make at least a half dozen of various sizes.
> My light fruit cake recipe makes four loaf pan sized cakes. Each of them
> gets halved.

i'm not sure what "gets halved" actually means here or why.

ages ago when i was contemplating what to do with my life i
was hanging out at a monastery and they made fruitcakes by the
hundreds. i considered joining them and helped out as a
volunteer when i could visit with them. they became good
friends. it was a very prime location (the shore of Lake
Superior) and remote enough (it's about a 11hr drive from
here so i can't easily visit). anyways, it's a long way of
me saying that i've seen and made more fruitcakes than i
can count and i've also sampled a lot of different kinds
because one of the things they did during the winter months
after they finished up their Christmas baking and shipping
was they'd try out new recipes. i had breaks in school
and work where i could take off for a few days and get away.

it was a good way to see some kind of production at a
larger scale, but not have to become an actual employee
and have to deal with all the BS/paperwork. i wasn't
doing it for the money. i always like to cook and bake.

they were excellent cooks, we'd try out a lot of other
recipes too besides those they were testing for adding to
the product line up.


>> Now I have a friend who makes wonderful fruit cake and she will
>> deliver it on Friday, we'll have lunch and I will give her a pair of
>> hand knit socks and a knitted catnip mouse for her cat.
>
> I don't know anyone else who makes them. Our local baker makes a really
> good dark fruit cake. I usually buy one, take it home and spike it with
> brandy. Last year I bought one, loaf sized about 6 inches long for $11.
> I could not resist asking him if he made any money on them at that
> price. He said not really.

haha, at $11 considering prices of ingredients, yep not
making much off those. still good to eat as a change of
pace.


songbird