Non Alcohol Fruit Cake 6 Weeks Notice

Decorating By sas1980 Updated 19 Jul 2014 , 1:51pm by cazza1

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sas1980 Posted 17 Jul 2014 , 11:21pm
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Hi everyone, has anyone got a good recipe for a fruit cake that needs to be at it's best by 7th September? I've been told I should be leaving it to mature for longer than that but obviously don't have more time. Also it's for a Christening and children will eat it so need to have no alcohol in there. Help please!

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Cakechick123 Posted 18 Jul 2014 , 9:22am
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the alcohol in the fruit cake evaporates during baking so its really not a problem for children. Its not as if they will be downing a swig of rum:)

 

My dad starts eating the fruit cake almost as soon as it comes out of the oven I don't think its ever matured more than a month.. I think the Delia Smith fruit cake is similar to mine

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mcaulir Posted 18 Jul 2014 , 10:47am
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AYou can replace the alcohol in fruit cakes for fruit juice, so any recipe will do.

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sas1980 Posted 18 Jul 2014 , 8:29pm
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Thank you for your replies. May  give the fruit juice idea a try, I presume it will still keep a few weeks without the alcohol in it?

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mcaulir Posted 18 Jul 2014 , 10:22pm
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Someone might be able to correct me, but if you use a recipe for a 'rich' fruitcake, rather than a 'boiled' fruitcake, it should be fine.

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LizzieAylett Posted 19 Jul 2014 , 12:44pm
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If you wrap the cake well and then freeze it for a few days then defrost, that helps mature it as the freezing/defrosting process breaks down the cell walls in the fruit.

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cazza1 Posted 19 Jul 2014 , 1:51pm
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Do NOT make a boiled fruit cake or it is just as likely to be mouldy in 6 weeks.  They are designed to be eaten straight away and do not much like having fondant placed over them.  I've heard a few horror stories of decorated boiled fruit cakes including the mouldy one my mother won in a raffle.

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