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Cooking & Baking

gkhouston

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3. If you liked the fruitcake otherwise, why not try modifying the recipe?

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 05:09 PM

Jan 2013

Off the top of my head, here are some options:

reduce flour
increase eggs/milk/jam/other wet ingredient
use shortening or oil instead of butter
reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees

If you still have the fruitcake now, perhaps you could poke small holes in it and pour some liqueur over it to moisten.

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Any good fruit cake recipes - the one I used this year was too dry. [View all] hedgehog Jan 2013 OP

I used to use the one on the package of Pillsbury's Quick Date Nut Bread. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #1

Don't have the recipe handy guardian Jan 2013 #2

If you liked the fruitcake otherwise, why not try modifying the recipe? gkhouston Jan 2013 #3

if cake is too dry guardian Jan 2013 #4

If you liked the taste, try poking holes in it and adding moisture. A good sherry, or msanthrope Jan 2013 #5

I love Claxton Fruitcake but never could find a copycat recipe for it.... Little Star Jan 2013 #6

I found a spice cake at Cook's Illustrated that seems like a good start. hedgehog Jan 2013 #7

Free Range Fruitcake by Alton Brown Buck Turgidson Jan 2013 #8

Oh - dried fruit all the way! hedgehog Jan 2013 #9

inappropriate antiquie Jan 2013 #10

See, that looks edible, but is it fruitcake? TheManInTheMac Jan 2013 #11

209 five-star reviews say that it is definitely fruitcake. Buck Turgidson Jan 2013 #12