I don't remember a holiday season without the traditional fruit cake, especially because every single person in my family loves it way more than any other sweet.
When I did the research found there are somany traditions a recipes around this simple cake. It is believed that the tradition came from England {maybe the 14th century} and made it all the way to the new world with the immigrants back in the 1800's.
Traditional cake recipes include some sort of spirit or the like. Traditional nothern cakes are made with Scotch or Brandy and it is included into the recipe for flavor purposes. In Latin America, you add rum which is added in small amounts to the cake until it is soaked and the cake has a thicker texture.
In countries like Japan and Philipinnes the cake is also part of the seasonal celebrations but have slight variations. They have fresh fruits instead of dried ones and they also add either rose or orange scented water along with the brandy or rum.
Havea sweet day!
Fruit cake is the one thing I can say is traditionally shared here in Safrica, its a favourite amongst more of the older generations, this was interesting reading more about them!
ReplyDeleteI have never liked fruit cake...our wedding cake was a fruit cake and I didn't even eat it, haha. I think it's the fruit and stuff in it that I don't like, as I've picked them out and just ate the actual cake and icing and it was nice. It's so nice all of you like it though...I hope you have a wonderful one this year :D xx
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Yes, the fruit cake is definitely one of our Jamaican tradition. Ours is also laden with liquor, much like they do it in Latin America:-). XX
ReplyDeleteI want to try these recipes!
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, the snowflakes on the top cake are just so pretty! I almost wouldn't want to eat it, because it looks so lovely.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm hungry! :-D
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Unfortunately I find most fruitcakes too heavy - at least the ones in this country. However, soaked in rum sounds rather tempting ;-)
ReplyDeleteI actually haven´t eaten fruitcakes like these, but it would be fun to try! :-)
ReplyDeletehow sweet! it's nice to read about the history of fruit cake. can't wait to enjoy some.
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