CAKES BY FOOD ABOUTS | VOL. LVI
CAKES BY FOOD ABOUTS The Official Newsletter of Food Abouts Network
THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT FRUITCAKE INGREDIENT When Yuletide is just around the corner, a lot of people get excited by the thought of a Christmas Feast. Speaking of Christmas feast, somthing would be missing without the simple but delicious traditional fruitcake. Typically, fruitcake is served during Christmas although in some places in the world it is served during weddings. Although the fruitcake has changed from its original from since ancient Roman period, still, the fruitcake is the favorite food during Yuletide season by many people all over the world. A fruitcake wouldn’t be unique without special fruitcake ingredient such as liquor. Liquor can be rum or brandy, whatever suits the user’s taste. Aside from the liquor fruitcake ingredient, there are also some stuff that added to the delicious fruitcake.
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Essentially, there are two types of fruitcake. The type of fruitcake that would turn out depends on the fruitcake ingredient that would be used since different countries have varying recipes. As an example, some countries located in warmer regions would use fruitcake ingredient like mango or other local fruits. The type of fruitcake is determined basically by the fruitcake ingredient that the recipe dictates. The two common types are:
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Light Fruitcake This is known as light because the fruitcake ingredient in the recipe includes granulated sugar, light corn syrup, almonds, golden raisins, pineapple, apricots, etc. Dark Fruitcake Dark fruitcake ingredient such as molasses or brown sugar is used producing a darker color. Fruits that have dark colors such as raisins, prunes, dates, cherries,pecan and walnuts are also typically used as fruitcake ingredient. Another fruitcake ingredient that created so much controversy is butter.There was even a time in Germany wherein butter was forbidden since fasting was observed. A lot of controversy sorrounding the use of butter in Christmas fruitcake was resolved by a letter drafted by Pope Innocent VIII that finally allows the use of dairy in the cake according to stolen online. During that period, Christmas fruitcake was in the form of stollen, a German bread similar to fruitcake. The main difference is that stollen is made from flour like the ordinary bread. It is popular during Christmas since it resembles the baby Christ swaddled in cloth. Fruitcake ingredient of stollen includes yeast, butter, wafer, flour, zest, raisins and almonds. Come to think of it, the fruitcake has gone a long way going through different forms.