Last week I basically bought all of the dried fruit at my local Trader Joe’s. With a basket filled to the brim with multiple bags of dried fruit, the cashier asked what I was making – of course, it was fruitcake. I’ll be honest, fruitcake is not my favorite, nor is it the recipe I’m sharing with you today (so bear with me as I tell this story…). Growing up, my mom made fruitcake and fruitcake cookies every year, complete with the bright red and green dried fruit-like gummy things (are they actually dried fruit? I don’t know). This year, my family is traveling to DC to spend the holidays with us here, and it’s the first year E and I are spending Christmas together. As such, I decided to honor my mom and E, who also loves fruitcake, by making a super traditional fruitcake, complete with rum soaked [real] dried fruit, made weeks before Christmas and spritzed with brandy every few days. I must say, it smelled delicious when making, and if it actually turns out to be good, I’ll make a point to share it here. But for now, I have 2 loaves of questionable fruitcake that I am taking care of better than my plants (I can never remember to water plants. My poor succulents are dying on me as we speak.) and about 10 half-full bags of dried fruit.
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