On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:27:34 -0600, 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.
>

You don't need to add booze. The main reason for adding booze to
fruitcakes is to help preserve them, since fruitcakes are
traditionally made up to a year before Xmas. Just follow your recipe
but leave out the booze.

Kathy in NZ