Mission to make the perfect Fruit cake

My cousin really enjoys fruit cakes and constantly complains that there is nothing like homemade fruit cake. I have never baked fruit cakes before, so I resorted to food blogs in hope of finding something that I will be able to recreate and Voila I came across Mishmash. More than the recipe itself, it was the pictures that tempted me to try this recipe and I did.

First of all Thanks a lot to Mishmash for posting such a wonderful recipe, it was a really wonderful write up. The recipe was really descriptive and easy to follow. Based on the comments I thought it would be really hard to find some of the ingredients such as tutti frutii, but here in Toronto I managed to find everything at Bulk Barn. I had marinated the fruits in Bacardi Gold rum for a week in advance. The only thing that I found difficult was making the caramel for the recipe. I didn’t quite understand when to stop, I had burned my first batch, the second batch I took off the stove too early and it was on the third try that I got it right. I used a non-stick skillet for making the caramel and I found that it really helped. To those who want to try this recipe out I have included some pictures which hopefully would help.

The cake just came out of the oven, my house is filled with such a beautiful aroma that words cannot describe. It states in the recipe that I have to wait 5 days before cutting it, keeping my hands off the cake is going to be more difficult than making the cake it self.

Take care

Mithra

Ps. A fun fact about fruit cakes: In the 1700 in Britain there were laws restricting the use of fruit cakes to special occasions such as Christmas, Weddings or Funerals.