Recent content by Hyacinth

Fawn I also read this on a couple sites that I thought looked reputable and it makes sense to me. They were talking about the pan of water in the oven keeping the cake more moist overall. BTW, when recently I made the recipe Constance posted on this thread, my finished fruitcakes had a...

Thanks for the clarification Constance! Wow, I would have never used that amount otherwise, but adding to the brandy I'm using to "feed" the cakes AFTER is a great idea...I'll do it!! :smile: I did one regular loaf and 3 mini loaves with the recipe, then kept one loaf out to try without the...

Constance or licia? I started making today (after getting the 2 c. flour info and all) and came across the "1 oz. of vanilla and 1 oz. of lemon extract" listed in the recipe above - :ohmy: That's a lot!! Was that meant to be one Teaspoon, maybe? That's what I used...my bottles of vanilla...

I'll follow the recipe then as written. Thank you again for your help Constance! :chef: Hyacinth

Constance one final question? Did your mom always use the lemon extract in her fruitcake, like it calls for in the recipe? I'm not a huge fan of lemon flavoring, but maybe you can't even taste it in this recipe...just curious, but no biggie if you don't know. Thanks again for the recipe - I'm...

Thanks for mentioning this licia - my dad was the fruitcake chef at our house when I was growing up and I do remember now that he always "dusted" the fruit and nuts before turning into the batter - I think so they wouldn't all fall to the bottom of the pan? Anyway, I will do this too. I'm...

Thank you very much Constance - I'm really glad you saw my post!! Was so disappointed (I'll live tho - hehe) while I was at the grocery today buying the ingredients listed in your recipe and all of a sudden realized there was no flour measurement mentioned- :ohmy: lol!! I do love fruitcake and...

Flour in this fruitcake recipe? I was going to make this until I realized there was no mention of how much flour to use - does anyone have any idea? Thanks! Hyacinth

Thank you C-Mart! There WAS a recipe on the inside of the cardboard label band just as you mentioned! I usually don't disassemble gifts I'm giving to someone else, so otherwise would have never looked there. Anyway, woohoo and thank you for your help :-) Hyacinth

W-S monkey bread baking dish B'day gift... I bought one of these baking dishes for my mom's upcoming B'day along with 2 of the Williams Sonoma monkey bread mixes. I thought a recipe might be included with the baking dish itself but that was not the case upon searching the packaging. The pan...