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procon

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13. Sure thing, my family has copied the recipe and shared it from the beginning.

Reply to politicat (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 09:56 PM

Aug 2017

Before I get much farther into it, you will need at least a 6qt. pressure cooker to make this fruitcake recipe. That's the secret of keeping it moist. Baking in the oven is not an option as it will make the cake dry and turn all those succulent bits of fruit tough and hard.

If you have a pressure cooker I'll copy off my recipe this weekend and post it in the cooking forum. If you don't have one yet, I can tell you which ones are good and the ones to avoid. I've published two cookbooks of pressure cooker recipes, so I'm a huge fan. Anyway, let me know.

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A 100-Year-Old Fruitcake Was Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Antarctica [View all] jpak Aug 2017 OP

I think we have some in our family around that vintage! Coventina Aug 2017 #1

Whatcha makin??? FRUITCAKE!!! Initech Aug 2017 #2

Oh my - that was oddly satisfying csziggy Aug 2017 #18

Looks like the one I 're-gifted' last Xmas. nt COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #3

I know of one fruitcake that should be SENT TO Antarctica!!!!! Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #4

There are very nice scientists and penguins who do not deserve that. politicat Aug 2017 #11

Send him to Heard Island csziggy Aug 2017 #19

Well did they try it? Historic NY Aug 2017 #5

It's too bad they found it and removed it Submariner Aug 2017 #6

It'll still be around for future archeologists to discover. herding cats Aug 2017 #8

I love good, homemade fruitcake! procon Aug 2017 #7

That actually sounds delicious! herding cats Aug 2017 #9

You should try it at least once. procon Aug 2017 #10

Are you willing to post your recipe to Cooking and Baking? politicat Aug 2017 #12

Sure thing, my family has copied the recipe and shared it from the beginning. procon Aug 2017 #13

Got a 22 quart. I can. politicat Aug 2017 #16

Okay, I've got plans for this weekend, but I'll post the recipe as soon as I can. procon Aug 2017 #17

I Like It, Too Leith Aug 2017 #15

Xenu Left It There Leith Aug 2017 #14

I thought he was in New Jersey whistler162 Aug 2017 #20

Even in the harsh elements of Antarctica where there's little food around.... Yavin4 Aug 2017 #21

Funny, a media news yakker said, "Fine, but don't send it to me!1" (I like 'em) UTUSN Aug 2017 #22

Been in the deep-freeze for a century, why wouldn't it be good? lastlib Aug 2017 #23