PeterLucas wrote:
> Puester > wrote in
> :
>
>> PeterLucas wrote:
>>> My recently widowed BIL is coming up to stay for awhile at the end of
>>> the month, and his SO was the Christmas Cake maker in the family.
>>> Somewhat of a tradition, it was. Even when living in England, she
>>> used to make a huge cake and send it to the family here in Oz in time
>>> for the family Christmas get-together.
>>>
>>> I made a cake for us last Chritmas (the first one without a K1 cake),
>>> and my SO (who doesn't like fruit cake, but loved this one!!) has
>>> passed on the Family Christmas Cake Maker honour from her older
>>> sister, to me. She told me that K1 would have been proud of my cake.
>>>
>>>
>>> So............... this year I'm going to make them well in advance,
>>> and let them 'mature' in the cupboard till Christmas time. I'll give
>>> the BIL one to take back home to share with his kids and friends down
>>> south.
>>>
>>>
>>> Peters Christmas Cake.
>>
>> That sounds like something my husband would like. (He's one
>> of the
>> few Yanks I know who likes fruitcake.)
>
>
>
> If he likes fruitcake, he'll *love* this one :-)
>
> Is that true? Most Yanks don't like fruitcake?
> I take it you're not a Yank?

Most don't because most are gifted with the crap that is called
"fruitcake" that is sold at supermarkets. Horribly hard and dry with a
bunch of fake fruit.

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