On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 6:49:05 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> On 11/10/2016 2:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I made mine today. I went out yesterday and got the raisins, glazed red
> > and green cherries, pineapple, eggs, butter, flour..... I got up this
> > morning and set the two pounds of butter out to soften up and mid
> > morning I got started. Things seemed to work smoothly.
> >
> > After I put the first batch into the oven and started preparing the
> > second batch I realized that I had forgotten to add the vanilla in the
> > first batch. Perhaps it will not be a big a problem. I always douse the
> > cakes with a lot of brandy. I am thinking that I can add some vanilla to
> > the brandy that I use on the first batch of four cakes. It will be
> > wrapped up and put into the freezer for a month and a half.
>
> There's absolutely no need to freeze the cakes. I have always stored
> mine in a cool cupboard in the basement. All that sugar and brandy will
> prevent mould.

Not everybody's basement is cool. Mine is the same 21.6 C as the
rest of the house. It might be a little cooler in January after
the ground freezes, but not right now.

Cindy Hamilton