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Cooking & Baking

japple

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10. Oh my, this sounds divine. I would love to have some of this cake. Having only

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 06:48 PM

Nov 2015

made a fruit bread and nothing this complicated, I can't give much advice, except that when we made fruit cake back in the old days, we would plump the raisins, then dry on a towel and then dredge them in flour so they wouldn't sink to the bottom. I think you might need to do something similar.

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Fruit cake in a bundt pan? [View all] hedgehog Nov 2015 OP

Heavily grease the pan with crisco then flour first. B? That sounds really nice pan uppityperson Nov 2015 #1

Here's the dragon pan; too risky? hedgehog Nov 2015 #2

Yeah, actually, I *have* seen a citron. TygrBright Nov 2015 #3

Your post makes me miss my Mom! Freddie Nov 2015 #4

I've always used an angel food pan, hedgehog Nov 2015 #5

This post is useless without the recipe. Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #6

OK hedgehog Nov 2015 #9

Oh my, this sounds divine. I would love to have some of this cake. Having only japple Nov 2015 #10

One of the quick breads Worried senior Nov 2015 #7

I wonder if it was the Date Quick Bread. blue neen Nov 2015 #12

Yes, Worried senior Nov 2015 #13

Fruit cakes made with real dried fruit and nuts can be great Warpy Nov 2015 #8

I've more than "seen" a citron ... surrealAmerican Nov 2015 #11

I BOOKMARKED THIS TOPIC. i love fruitcake trueblue2007 Nov 2015 #14

It came out alright! albeit with a lot of encouragement from hedgehog Dec 2015 #15

Dragons are the best Angry Dragon Dec 2015 #16