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One of my grandma's was known around as quite the baker and she started sometime in the 50's to every year make a light one and a dark one. The light one is almost a poundcake with nuts and fruit, the dark one is sugary with with some brandy....but they really did not drink so it is not a lot of brandy. I always liked the light one and so did most of our immediate family so pretty quick my mom only did the light one....with double or triple the usually pineapple. For several years she baked a bunch inside of paper grocery bags that had been rubbed down with Crisco inside of giant loaf pans to Nam. In later years I came to appreciate the dark, but I added more alcohol when I made it. The Aunt who is currently not talking to me because I like Trump (She is an Old School very active liberal, her husband my Uncle ran a huge Legal Aid office for decades...I am so disappointed) made it the old way till two years ago when she decided to stop making any Fruit Cake, upon the guidance of a friend who tells her to purify her life of anything that does not bring her bliss....and apparently Fruit Cake does not. I like Gethsemani Farms and used to buy it sometimes even for gifts but since they stopped making that fantastic cheese **** em...I am done with em.
One of my grandma's was known around as quite the baker and she started sometime in the 50's to every year make a light one and a dark one. The light one is almost a poundcake with nuts and fruit, the dark one is sugary with with some brandy....but they really did not drink so it is not a lot of brandy. I always liked the light one and so did most of our immediate family so pretty quick my mom only did the light one....with double or triple the usually pineapple. For several years she baked a bunch inside of paper grocery bags that had been rubbed down with Crisco inside of giant loaf pans to Nam. In later years I came to appreciate the dark, but I added more alcohol when I made it. The Aunt who is currently not talking to me because I like Trump (She is an Old School very active liberal, her husband my Uncle ran a huge Legal Aid office for decades...I am so disappointed) made it the old way till two years ago when she decided to stop making any Fruit Cake, upon the guidance of a friend who tells her to purify her life of anything that does not bring her bliss....and apparently Fruit Cake does not. I like Gethsemani Farms and used to buy it sometimes even for gifts but since they stopped making that fantastic cheese **** em...I am done with em.
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