Always soak your dried fruit overnight and for extra flavour soak the fruit in apple or orange juice or marinate in your favourite liqueur (brandy) for three days, stirring it every 12 hours.
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I really like fruit cakes xxx
Me to, they are my absolute favourite cake, apart from Chocolate of course :))
Very nice.
Thank you
that is a very good point.xx
Thanks a x
A reminder to me….must make Xmas cake shortly.
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OMG please don’t think about that yet p, I know it will be here before we can blink
I am only making a very small one this year basically for the kids as Becci doesn’t like fruit cake with marzipan…she don’t like marzipan…much prefers a nice sponge with gooey jam and cream
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