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Fruit Cake
By Zorana Durkovic
Are you the fruit cake in your family? Before you raise your
eyebrow, I would suggest you read on to know what I mean.
The fruit cake has tantalized the world for centuries. When
you take a lip smacking bite, you will experience the taste
of culture and valued traditions. The fruit cake which I
would love to offer you will be an ideal one, with a high
content of fruits and nuts in proportion to the batter. You
will taste the rich content of French cherries, almonds,
California nuts, pineapple, orange peel and lemon. To make
it more mouthwatering how about a dash of brand and liquor
added to it…hmmm, expensive and irresistible, isn’t it?
If you want to go for a stronger aroma and sharper flavor,
then relish the darker version of the fruit cake. The dark
fruit cake contains prunes, dates, cherries, walnuts, brown
sugar and molasses.
If you love the subtle taste, then you can go for the light
fruit cake. The delicate taste is attributed to the presence
of granulated sugar, golden raisins, pineapple, apricots and
light corn syrup.
When you go for your treks and campaigns, tuck in a pack of
fruit cakes. Your friends will love you for this. The best
thing about the fruit cake is that it has a tendency to last
for months and still retain its intrinsic flavor. You will
be pleased to know that the fruit cake has a tendency to
freeze very well. However it is ideal to have a time gap of
a month before freezing.
Enough of preaching about it. Now let me treat you with a
fruit cake.
Whoever said ‘take your own sweet time’ must have said it
with reference to the fruit cake. First I will prepare the
nuts and fruits. Then I will pour the liquor to be used over
them. Let me keep the mixture well covered for two or three
days. Sorry to keep you waiting, but then if you want it
sweet and nice; you will have to kill time. Okay then, I
will prepare the batter and bake your cake. I need to
remember that the fruit cake should be baked at a low
temperature. I will coat the pan with waxed paper so that
the sides of the cake do not get burned. You see the fruit
cake involves long baking time. When I am done, you can take
the cake tester and insert it in the center of the cake. If
you see that it is moist and not doughy, then you are ready
to pop a piece into your mouth.
You may think of the fruit cake as a typical Christmas dish.
But as I told you before, the fruit cake has a centuries old
tradition behind it. Did you know that during the 13th
century, dried fruit began to arrive to England from
Portugal and the east Mediterranean? During the later half
of 1700s, England distributed fruit cake slices to women who
sang Christmas carols. The fruit cakes were frequently used
in celebrations from the turn of the 18th century. It
remains a custom in England for unmarried wedding guests to
put a slice of dark fruitcake under their pillow at night so
they could dream of the person they will marry.
If you want to know the oldest fruit cake company in the
United States, then I would suggest you visit the Collin
Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas. It was set up in the year
1896. So much has been the impact of the fruit cake through
out the years, that the oldest family in the household is
called the fruit cake.
So now you decide, who is the lovable and respected fruit
cake in your home?
Zorana Durkovic
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