I know we revisit this topic often but my brother's favourite cake is fruit cake. I mean all-time favourite. When we were flatting together, he once bought a Christmas pudding thinking it would be like fruit cake. I remember him coming home from the supermarket with all grocery shopping really really pleased with himself. Look at what I got, Anna, one kilogram of fruit cake! And it only cost a dollar! School had started so it must have been February and the supermarkets were trying to get rid of their Christmas stock. I pointed out to him that it wasn't actually fruit cake, it was Christmas pudding. He told me they were the same and asked if I would like some. I declined. In my opinion, Christmas pudding is the worst idea known to man kind. Well, it's a close second to trifle. Ew. He ate quite a bit of it that night and was sick the next day.
In her absence, my mother has asked me to bake him a fruit cake. Yesterday I went around to all the stores near us looking for the ingredients. Red glacé cherries were not available, nor were currants. I have made do with the small amount of mixed cherry stuff I had left over from Christmas, orange peel, yellow raisins, brown raisins, cranberries, and slivered almonds. I couldn't find blanched almonds so I blanched them myself and picked out all the peel by hand. Jbird called it a special kind of torture. If you ask me, yellow raisins are nothing like sultanas. Nothing. They're just a different coloured raisin. Perhaps if they don't add to the flavour, they'll add to the aesthetics. I thought about adding dried strawberries but things were getting a little bit pricey by then.
I have those puppies soaking in a mixture of marmalade, brandy, and lemon juice and I'll bake the cake tomorrow.
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