A little background he

My mother-in-law has made a lovely white fruitcake for years. In fact, it
was a country fair prize winner. For several years I have repeatedly asked
her for the recipe, especially because my oldest son (HER grandson) likes it
and I would like to have it to pass on to him (you know - "here's your
grandmother's beloved fruitcake recipe", etc.). Well, for reasons known
only to her, she just smiles (smirks?) and says nothing (ok, maybe there are
some issues here). Imagine my surprise when her other daughter-in-law (the
"favorite") announced to me recently that MIL gave her the recipe ages ago
(and no, I will not ask SIL for the recipe - more issues). Okay, I give up.

Does anyone have a recipe for a white fruitcake that meets the following
criteria:

- must be VERY moist
- must be full of bright colored fruit
- does NOT contain any nuts
- has no fancy topping, just the lightly browned top of the cake.

Thanks for any help. You may just avert a family crisis.

Jan

"The Goods, Bads, Uglies" writes:

Does anyone have a recipe for a white fruitcake that meets the following
criteria:

- must be VERY moist
- must be full of bright colored fruit
- does NOT contain any nuts
- has no fancy topping, just the lightly browned top of the cake.

There are tons of white fruitcake recipes on the net... and if they contain
nuts, so what, simply substitute an equal amount of extra glace fruit, and add
all the moisture you want by douching with booze (the cake too), and do I
really hafta tell ya what you can do with fancy topping... it ain't rcoket
sceince!


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"The Goods" wrote in message
...
A little background he

It might be that MIL is the "traditional" sort, thinking she'll only pass on
that valued recipe to one girl-child, having already passed it on to the
SIL. Perhaps it's her little challenge for you to get better relations
between you and SIL. Who knows?

Bottom line, I'd rather not be the one having to someday explain to my child
that they can't have their favorite fruit cake because I can't "bury the
hatchet" with SIL.

Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

I just feel that in this time of "giving", it might be best to work towards
rebuilding bridges, not giving up on a kind act merely because of personal
issues. Talk to SIL, get to know her again, be nice, you'd be acting with
purpose.

Oh for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a little tongue in cheek when you
hear it? - Please lay off the Dr. Phil mantra? Take it to
Alt.amateur.shrink. My in-laws and I get along just fine. I just asked for
a freakin cake recipe. I was hoping someone had a family favourite they
were willing to share and I included the little prelude as a way to bring a
little chatty conversation to this newsgroup. If I had titled it "Fruit
cake recipe wanted" and had written "I need a white fruit cake recipe" in
the post would you have replied. I think not.


Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

Maybe I should be talking to her - does she know what she's in for?



"Chris" wrote in message
...

"The Goods" wrote in message
...
A little background he

It might be that MIL is the "traditional" sort, thinking she'll only pass
on
that valued recipe to one girl-child, having already passed it on to the
SIL. Perhaps it's her little challenge for you to get better relations
between you and SIL. Who knows?

Bottom line, I'd rather not be the one having to someday explain to my
child
that they can't have their favorite fruit cake because I can't "bury the
hatchet" with SIL.

Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

I just feel that in this time of "giving", it might be best to work
towards
rebuilding bridges, not giving up on a kind act merely because of personal
issues. Talk to SIL, get to know her again, be nice, you'd be acting with
purpose.

"The Goods" wrote in message
...
Oh for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a little tongue in cheek when
you
hear it? - Please lay off the Dr. Phil mantra? Take it to
Alt.amateur.shrink. My in-laws and I get along just fine. I just asked
for
a freakin cake recipe. I was hoping someone had a family favourite they
were willing to share and I included the little prelude as a way to bring
a
little chatty conversation to this newsgroup. If I had titled it "Fruit
cake recipe wanted" and had written "I need a white fruit cake recipe" in
the post would you have replied. I think not.

Well, you opened with a prelude to stimulate conversation, I conversed, and
you were upset? ;-)

Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

Maybe I should be talking to her - does she know what she's in for?

She's in for someone who loves her.

"The Goods" wrote:

A little background he

My mother-in-law has made a lovely white fruitcake for years. In fact, it
was a country fair prize winner. For several years I have repeatedly asked
her for the recipe, especially because my oldest son (HER grandson) likes it
and I would like to have it to pass on to him (you know - "here's your
grandmother's beloved fruitcake recipe", etc.). Well, for reasons known
only to her, she just smiles (smirks?) and says nothing (ok, maybe there are
some issues here). Imagine my surprise when her other daughter-in-law (the
"favorite") announced to me recently that MIL gave her the recipe ages ago
(and no, I will not ask SIL for the recipe - more issues). Okay, I give up.

Does anyone have a recipe for a white fruitcake that meets the following
criteria:

- must be VERY moist
- must be full of bright colored fruit
- does NOT contain any nuts
- has no fancy topping, just the lightly browned top of the cake.

Thanks for any help. You may just avert a family crisis.

Jan


Don't know if this meets your specifications or not. As Sheldon said,
skip the nuts and add more fruit.



* Exported from MasterCook *

White Fruit Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound sugar
1 pound flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 pound butter
12 each egg whites
1/2 pound crystallized pineapple -- clear
1/2 pound crystallized pineapple -- green
1/2 pound crystallized pineapple -- pink
1/2 pound crystallized cherries
1/2 pound raisins -- white
1 pound blanched almonds -- cut in strips
1/2 pound citron
1 large coconut -- grated
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 cup wine, white

Prepare the fruit the night before and soak in wine and lemon extract.

Cream butter and sugar. Add stiffly beaten egg whites and beat.

Sift flour, soda and cream of tartar. Add to the mixture. Beat well.

Add fruit and bake slowly.


--
Susan N.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.

"The Goods: Bad & Ugli" write:

Oh for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a little tongue in cheek when you
hear it? - Please lay off the Dr. Phil mantra? Take it to
Alt.amateur.shrink. My in-laws and I get along just fine. I just asked for
a freakin cake recipe. I was hoping someone had a family favourite they
were willing to share and I included the little prelude as a way to bring a
little chatty conversation to this newsgroup.

If you didn't want replys filleting your family's dysfunctional dynamics then
you should not have initiated same by posting in a soap opera-ish motif

If I had titled it "Fruit cake recipe wanted" and had written "I need a
white fruit cake recipe" in the post would you have replied.

You're very wrong... without needing to read through your family machinations
you definitely would have recieved more responses to your cooking query.

I think not.

Thinking is not your forte.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...
Thinking is not your forte.

No need to get snippy, puckerbutt.

;-)

Here's mine, just replace the nuts with more fruit.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Helen's Light Fruit Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Family

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
-----MM BY HELEN PEAGRAM-----
1/2 lb Glace pineapple
2 lb Sultanas
1 lb Glace cherries (red &
Green)
1 lb Almonds
5 c Flour
1 t Baking powder
1 lb Butter
2 c Sugar (1 lb)
1/2 ts Nutmeg
10 Eggs
1 Lemon, juice & rind
1 Orange,juice & rind
1 t Rose ext
1 t Almond ext

1. Clean sultanas, slice pineapple thinly, halve cherries. 2. Mix and
sift flour, baking powder and spice and add half to prepared fruit.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and gradually beat in sugar. 4. Add
well beaten eggs and beat well. 5. Fold other half of flour mixture
into creamed mixture alternately with juices and beat well. 6. Add
fruit to to creamed mixture. Combine mixture til thoroughly blended.
Split almonds and add to mixture, saving some whole for top. Add
flavourings. 7. Pour mixture into cake pans which have been lined
with 3 thicknesses of newspaper, with top layer of greased wax paper.
8. Bake cake at 275 F. for approximately 3 hours or til firm and
until cake mixture is firm when pressed. 9. Cool on cake rack until
thoroughly cold. Wrap in foil and store in cake tins.

Makes 2 large or 1 large and 2 loaf tins.




- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 887 Calories; 66g Fat (65.1% calories
from fat); 21g Protein; 58g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 286mg
Cholesterol; 485mg Sodium. Exchanges: 3 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 12
Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.




"The Goods" wrote in message
...
A little background he

My mother-in-law has made a lovely white fruitcake for years. In fact, it
was a country fair prize winner. For several years I have repeatedly
asked
her for the recipe, especially because my oldest son (HER grandson) likes
it
and I would like to have it to pass on to him (you know - "here's your
grandmother's beloved fruitcake recipe", etc.). Well, for reasons known
only to her, she just smiles (smirks?) and says nothing (ok, maybe there
are
some issues here). Imagine my surprise when her other daughter-in-law
(the
"favorite") announced to me recently that MIL gave her the recipe ages ago
(and no, I will not ask SIL for the recipe - more issues). Okay, I give
up.

Does anyone have a recipe for a white fruitcake that meets the following
criteria:

- must be VERY moist
- must be full of bright colored fruit
- does NOT contain any nuts
- has no fancy topping, just the lightly browned top of the cake.

Thanks for any help. You may just avert a family crisis.

Jan

actually..I thought to myself upon reading it..'she buys it somewhere'!
just a thought..

--

Laura


"The Goods" wrote in message
...
Oh for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a little tongue in cheek when
you
hear it? - Please lay off the Dr. Phil mantra? Take it to
Alt.amateur.shrink. My in-laws and I get along just fine. I just asked
for
a freakin cake recipe. I was hoping someone had a family favourite they
were willing to share and I included the little prelude as a way to bring
a
little chatty conversation to this newsgroup. If I had titled it "Fruit
cake recipe wanted" and had written "I need a white fruit cake recipe" in
the post would you have replied. I think not.


Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

Maybe I should be talking to her - does she know what she's in for?



"Chris" wrote in message
...

"The Goods" wrote in message
...
A little background he

It might be that MIL is the "traditional" sort, thinking she'll only
pass
on
that valued recipe to one girl-child, having already passed it on to the
SIL. Perhaps it's her little challenge for you to get better relations
between you and SIL. Who knows?

Bottom line, I'd rather not be the one having to someday explain to my
child
that they can't have their favorite fruit cake because I can't "bury the
hatchet" with SIL.

Of course, my wife-to-be is sisterless.

I just feel that in this time of "giving", it might be best to work
towards
rebuilding bridges, not giving up on a kind act merely because of
personal
issues. Talk to SIL, get to know her again, be nice, you'd be acting
with
purpose.

"Laura" wrote in message
...
actually..I thought to myself upon reading it..'she buys it somewhere'!
just a thought..

--

Laura


Perhaps I am being too harsh, but I have always thought that refusing to
give someone a recipe, particularly a friend or family member, is
astoundingly petty and selfish. The only exception I can think of is if the
person who gave you the recipe asked you to promise not to give it out.
Otherwise it is really cheesy. It is hard for me to imagine having a life so
shallow and empty that having a "secret recipe" is so important.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

I can't help with the exact recipe, but I do have some sneaky advice.

Is there any way you could spend time in her home when she's not around?
Maybe when you're visiting and your husband takes her out shopping?
Snoop around her kitchen. Cookbooks tend to open straight to the page
with the recipe that's made a lot. Sometimes the recipe is clipped out
of the newspaper and taped to a cabinet or is on a file card. Look.

No luck with that? Your next snooping place should be your
sister-in-law's. Offer to babysit.

The next time you receive the cake as a gift, have a good look at it.
The recipe might batter from one source with the fruit from somewhere
else. For example, the original recipe might call for nuts, but your
mother-in-law always substitutes dried apricots. So look at the cake
and try to determine what's in it by looking at it. Then find a good
moist batter for the cake part and go from there.

Most important: If you discover the recipe, DON'T let them know you
have it. Save it for your son some day.

Maybe the smile means she's left you the recipe in her will.

--Lia




The Goods wrote:
A little background he

My mother-in-law has made a lovely white fruitcake for years. In fact, it
was a country fair prize winner. For several years I have repeatedly asked
her for the recipe, especially because my oldest son (HER grandson) likes it
and I would like to have it to pass on to him (you know - "here's your
grandmother's beloved fruitcake recipe", etc.). Well, for reasons known
only to her, she just smiles (smirks?) and says nothing (ok, maybe there are
some issues here). Imagine my surprise when her other daughter-in-law (the
"favorite") announced to me recently that MIL gave her the recipe ages ago
(and no, I will not ask SIL for the recipe - more issues). Okay, I give up.

Does anyone have a recipe for a white fruitcake that meets the following
criteria:

- must be VERY moist
- must be full of bright colored fruit
- does NOT contain any nuts
- has no fancy topping, just the lightly browned top of the cake.

Thanks for any help. You may just avert a family crisis.

Jan

Hark! I heard "Peter Aitken" say:
"Laura" wrote in message
...

actually..I thought to myself upon reading it..'she buys it somewhere'!
just a thought..

Perhaps I am being too harsh, but I have always thought that refusing to
give someone a recipe, particularly a friend or family member, is
astoundingly petty and selfish. The only exception I can think of is if the
person who gave you the recipe asked you to promise not to give it out.
Otherwise it is really cheesy. It is hard for me to imagine having a life so
shallow and empty that having a "secret recipe" is so important.

I don't think you're harsh, Peter; you're exactly right IMO. I love
sharing recipes, new or old. When I have guests for dinner and make
something unusual, I type up a copy of the recipe for anyone who
wants it enough to ask...


--
j.j. ~ mom, gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

In article , "The
Goods" wrote:

A little background he

My mother-in-law has made a lovely white fruitcake for years. In
fact, it was a country fair prize winner. For several years I have
repeatedly asked her for the recipe, especially because my oldest son
(HER grandson) likes it and I would like to have it to pass on to him
(you know - "here's your grandmother's beloved fruitcake recipe",
etc.). Well, for reasons known only to her, she just smiles
(smirks?) and says nothing (ok, maybe there are some issues here).
Imagine my surprise when her other daughter-in-law (the "favorite")
announced to me recently that MIL gave her the recipe ages ago (and
no, I will not ask SIL for the recipe - more issues). Okay, I give
up.

Oh, heck -- you quitter! Are you ever with the two of them at the same
time? That would be the perfect opportunity to ask MIL, in SIL's
presence, why she gave it to her and will not give it to you. She might
have a reason. She might squirm. She might give you the recipe. She
might ban you from her home (maybe not a bad thing). Hell, tell her
you'll sign a paper saying you won't post it to a Usenet cooking group;
have it notarized.

In family things like this, I go with the folks who say that if it's
your husband's relative, he should be the one to 'deal' with them.
Couldn't he do a credible job of groveling with Mumsie to get the recipe
so his little darling won't be deprived of the yummily delicious treat
when Granny croaks?

Thanks for any help. You may just avert a family crisis.

Or stir the pot. :-) HTH.

Jan
--
-Barb
www.jamlady.eboard.com
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

In article hMrCb.98201$_M.515416@attbi_s54, Julia Altshuler
wrote:

I can't help with the exact recipe, but I do have some sneaky advice.

Is there any way you could spend time in her home when she's not
around?
Maybe when you're visiting and your husband takes her out shopping?
Snoop around her kitchen. Cookbooks tend to open straight to the
page with the recipe that's made a lot. Sometimes the recipe is
clipped out of the newspaper and taped to a cabinet or is on a file
card. Look.

No luck with that? Your next snooping place should be your
sister-in-law's. Offer to babysit.

Julia, are you serious?

The Goods wrote:
A little background he
(Story ofMIL playing favorites with daughters-in-law and swell fruitcake
recipe snipped.)

Jan
--
-Barb
www.jamlady.eboard.com
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am."