I have a recipe for fruit cake that came from my grandmother. I’m the one that loves to cook out of all of us girls and I’m also the only one that doesn’t like fruit cake. Since I love to cook, I get to make the fruit cakes that everyone else loves. Kind of ironic wouldn’t you say that I like to cook and yet don’t even like what I’m cooking. Oh well, it’s something that everyone looks forward to getting from me. It’s kind of bittersweet every time I make them because Daddy is the one that absolutely loved them and yet, he’s no longer with us to enjoy them.
I usually end up making about 10 small fruit cakes. I like making them for gifts because I think everyone should give something of themselves and not just something they bought for Christmas. With this recipe, you have to make them about 4 weeks before Christmas because you have to let them soak in either grape juice, wine or brandy if you want to give them a kick. I have tried them soaked in all of the above and still don’t care for it. They are kind of expensive to make too but they are made with my hands and given with my love so that makes them extra special to the ones that get them. I like that.