'Shindig'
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It's the distant and not-well-liked relative factor that does it, isn't it? I mean, if you have warm ovens and spice and gooey things soaking in booze and good smells and all that, it sounds quite nice. But when something vaguely stale arrives every year from Aunt Pearl who smells a little funny and doesn't seem to really like children, it's kind of the culinary equivalent of getting scratchy socks as a gift.
amych, this. Exactly.
ita, have/can you say something to them about it?
Suddenly I am flashing back to the best dessert I ever had, which was a chocolate steamed cake, very rich and hot, with caramel drizzled on top.
You know what this is going to lead to, don't you?
....Hec's List of His 5 Best Desserts.
I'm not a fan of dried or pickled fruit, but the cake was good in spite of it. Like Tom was saying, fruitcake can be made right, but only with a lot of time and effort. So most fruitcakes are not unbelievably rich and complex confections of spice and liquor.
....Hec's List of His 5 Best Desserts.
I already did that one.
I like fruitcake though I don't think I've had a really great homemade one.
What I really like though is rum cake. A great rumcake is bliss.
....Hec's List of His 5 Best Desserts.
I already did that one.
Recently?
It did include dried raisins, currants, cranberries, blueberries, cherries and apricots (soaked overnight in booze). The only candied thing in it was ginger.
Ok, now that I would eat. Or might even try to make. It's just the candied stuff that skeeves me.
My neighbor makes a rum cake that will knock you on your ass. I suspect it's pretty much what a fruitless fruitcake would be.
Ahem....
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Recently?
No, but I haven't had a dessert to crack the top five in recent years. I may be quick to list in hierarchical order, but my standards are not fickle.