First Fruitcakes

Dried fruit and nuts arrived a couple of days ago and I didn’t want to bother my new friend and her children who agreed to help me make the cakes. I have many more to make and don’t want to burn them out!

I couldn’t resist  checking out the quality of this new mail-order source.

So after sampling some these fabu Marcona almonds and organic raisins, I got a bottle of rum and soaked currents, golden and dark raisins overnight. I am really happy with the flavor of the fruit, especially the gigantic golden raisins. they have a slight tang – not ultra sweet.

I left it for another night – wasn’t ready to get out the heavy artillery – the KitchenAid workhorse. Finally a day later, after more fermenting, the process began.

More mixing . . .

Finally, four little soldiers ready for the oven!