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It's Time to Soak the Christmas Fruit Cake!

11/16/2018

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... this year's version - Kitschy / Vintage Decorations!

If you are making fruit cake this season for your Christmas or Yuletide celebration ... it is time to get them soaking!

With just under 5 weeks to go, this is the optimum time to wrap your cake in brandy-soaked cheesecloth, wrap it in tin foil and seal in an airtight container.  Refresh the brandy once a week, and re-wrap ... up to 5 or 6 times before Christmas!  The longer your Christmas fruit cake soaks ... the more incredibly dark and delicious it becomes.


For my complete Christmas Fruitcake recipe, click here:  christmas-cake.html

Last year, I went pagan and decorated the Christmas Cake with a fresh sprig of holly from our tree here in the Grove.  But this year, I think I will go "kitschy vintage" and adorn it with the many bits of pieces of vintage plastic cake decorations I have acquired over the years.  I have trees, greeting signs, holly, elves, reindeer ... and even Santa and his sleigh!  Maybe I'll even include some coins in the cake to reward the lucky few!
PictureThe Snowman, Raymond Briggs, 1982
One of the most beautiful stories of Christmastime is "The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs.  Pictured here, the little boy's Mom has magically (and simultaneously) decorated the Christmas Cake with an exact duplicate of the snowman her son created in their garden.  The Snowman comes to life, at the stroke of midnight, and he and the boy share a memorable, yet ultimately heart-wrenching adventure.

Decorating a Christmas Cake can give you a chance to express, in diorama, the symbols of Christmas that you hold dear.


Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2018
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3/18/2020 01:15:34 am

It has been a tradition for my family to create a fruitcake before Christmas season. My mother has a secret recipe that I really wanted to learn. She made sure that she will create enough fruit cake to give to her friends and our relatives. I always receive a positive comment from them about my mother fruit cake. They always ask her about the recipe, but she will just always answer them with a smile. I know that they are always looking forward to my Mother's fruitcake, every Christmas and I wish to continue her tradition as long as our clan exists.

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