Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
> Here's the issue. Crash is a recovering alcoholic. He gave the
> fruitcake back to me after taking one slice and told me if he finished
> it, it would set him off. Rum was his drink of choice. He just asked
> me to hide the rest of the bottle. He can handle small amounts of
> other alcoholic beverages (wine, wine coolers, etc.), but not hard
> liquors.
>
> Is there anything about fruitcake that makes it require booze? I'd
> like to make this for him again, but I don't want the cake to be
> super-dry for lack of hootch.
>
> My thoughts: Pre-soak the fruits with orange juice? Add more of
> something to the batter recipe for moisture? Here is the recipe. Pics
> are available at link in my sig. I need to use *this* recipe, but am
> wondering if it needs alterations.

[snipped recipe]

There's nothing about fruitcake that really requires booze. If you are
concerned that it needs more moisture, soak the *raisins* in something
-- water, vermouth, orange juice, apple juice, etc. (I used half water
and half orange juice once and it turned out lovely.) I wouldn't soak
the cherries, pineapples, dates, etc. if I were you cuz you'll have a
mess. HTH :-)

Bob