(See entries on particular fruits for more information.) The dreaming mind often literalizes common verbal expressions in an effort to convey something to the conscious mind, so fruit dreams can also indicate anything along the lines of “first fruits,”“forbidden fruit,”“fruitcake,” and so...
Fruitcake—that dense amalgam of fruits, nuts, and just enough rich cake to hold them together—is one of the heaviest baked goods out there. It’s also one of the few baked goods that can benefit from aging…provided it’s done right. But at the end of the day (or, more accurately...
a.A thorny evergreen shrub or small tree(Citrus medica)native to India and widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have a thick warty rind. b.The fruit of this plant, whose rind is often candied and used in confections and fruitcakes. ...
Forget those horrible commercial fruitcakes. This is an easy, moist, delicious cake using dried fruits instead of the standard candied and glacéed fruits. Not only are dried fruits more readily available at your local market, but they also have a deeper and more natural flavor (not as sweet...
candied orange peel and walnuts. And don’t worry about that something extra: Dark rum positively drenches the whole cake. Each fruit cake is cooked by hand, in small quantities, on the day it is ordered during the Christmas rush. TheAckroyd’s Bakery Fruitcake($20) is a must for the ...
Soaked in rum, mixed with toasted hazelnuts, and coated in dark chocolate, they are barely recognizable as that Christmas fruitcake with a sometimes stodgy reputation. A note on the recipe: To melt the chocolate for the truffle coating, it is helpful to use a double broiler, or a bain-...
When November came each year she chopped pounds of dried and candied fruit and nuts for homemade fruitcake, soaking the baked loaves in brandy. And in December she began holiday cookie production. Her specialty was thin, crisp cookies, rolled, cut and decorated with colored sugar. She made Mo...
I love the way this turned out. It is rather like fruitcake, in that there is just enough batter to hold the fruits together and man, is it ever full of fruit, but without the dried and candied fruit peel. Not that I personally have any issue with those. I’m a fruitcake fan from...
eight years ago:Orange Chocolate Angel Food Cake with Candied Clementines,Mexican Chocolate Poundcake,Chocolate Mint Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches seven years ago:Chocolate Cardamom Shortbread Hearts,Dark Chocolate Pudding six years ago:West African Puff Puffs ...
if you know what I mean. Slightly flinty. A build-up of cinnamon and mulling spices. Boozy fruitcake. Ginger. I think the best thing about this one is that it is still mostly distillate-forward, despite the rather vocal casks having a say. Better balance than expected for this age.Finish...