Favorite fruitcakes was [Sca-cooks] Flying Haggis

[Sue Clemenger]

Hmmm...the version of Stout Cake that I used to make for my Dad (was
actually his favorite kind of fruitcake, either that, or he was just
being nice <g>) has sultanas and a bunch of other dried fruits. Don't
remember the currants.  I actually like it too, probably because it
wasn't so dense and sticky that you felt like you had scrape it off your
teeth....<gg>
Now, on the other hand, my favorite fruitcake _story_ would have to be
that one by, I think, Truman Capote?, about making fruitcakes with his
cousin when he was a child....NPR always plays it during the holiday
season.
--Maire (who doesn't really bake for the holidays anymore)

Morgan Cain wrote:
>
> My favourite fruitcake is actually the recipe for inside a Black Bun.  It's
> very moist and dark, and I use whatever fruits are handy when making.  Even
> people who declare they hate fruitcake have loved this - probably because it
> is just fruit and cake, nothing in strange colours or candied and no nuts.
>
> Technically, that's all a fruitcake is, and I've tried a number of old
> recipes (Victorian and earlier) with quite a bit of success.  I don't know
> if Stout Cake would qualify but it works well, it's a cake made with
> Guinness and currants.
>
>                   ---= Morgan (who should be baking for New Year's)