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How do I make a rich fruit cake without alcohol?

post #1 of 6
2/14/13 at 6:00am
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I am making a wedding cake but have never made one without alcohol in before!  How do I keep it moist and how long would I need to make it before the event?  Anyone have a tried and tested recipe?

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post #2 of 6
2/14/13 at 9:03am

I have not seen any recipe without using sherry, brandy or rum on a fruit cake, the alcohol from I know is not only to enhance taste but it helps to protect cake from getting moldy. You might want to try Cherry and Almond Cake, and Date Cake. Good luckthumbs_up.gif

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post #3 of 6
2/14/13 at 11:39am

You can use a fruit syrup if you must avoid alcohol.   It needs to have 1/2 cup of sugar for every cup of juice/water/tea. Simmer and use after the cake has baked and cooled competely.  Give the cake 2 doses of this syrup one week apart and serve the cake within a month.

 

You should also look up/borrow from a public library any recent Alan Dunn book because he has a recipe for a very moist fruitcake without any alcohol that can be baked just a week before the event.

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post #4 of 6
2/14/13 at 4:28pm

I have made many fruit cakes with out alcohol,I use 100% grape juice  or non-alcoholic wine.

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post #5 of 6
2/14/13 at 9:37pm
You can use hot coffee, chocolate milk or orange juice. Between myself and my mum we have tried all of these instead of alcohol and they work quiet well. The coffee sits with the fruit until it's cool the others sit overnight with the fruit the milk obviously in the fridge. icon_smile.gif
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post #6 of 6
2/15/13 at 3:49am

Soak the fruit in cold black tea.

 

Or orange juice.

 

There's no need to 'feed' the cake after it's baked. 
 

Inside this fat body, there's a thin woman screaming to get out...... but I can usually shut her up with chocolate!
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