On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:42:59 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:04:16 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >Ophelia wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have never heard of aging a fruit cake in the freezer either. It has
>> >> always been tradition in my family. They were well wrapped and stored in a
>> >> cake tin.
>> >
>> >I just buy a small one each year. Found a good brand.
>>
>> You mean on special?
>>
>> >Used to eat
>> >it plain but last year I tried adding some alcohol. My favorite
>> >soak-in was Apple Flavored Bourbon.
>>
>> Notice how they put that. It probably never saw an apple.
>
>
>Actually, they didn't label it like that. My description and
>my mistake for making it seem like the name.
>
>"Jim Beam Apple is a perfectly balanced combination of apple
> liqueur and Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
> The result is a crisp, fresh burst of green apple with a
> warm bourbon finish." 70 proof.
>
>https://www.jimbeam.com/bourbons/jim-beam-apple

Could still be that it never saw an apple. But my guess is that
there's apple in there, encouraged with some "natural flavouring".