Jeffrey steingarten's mother-in-law's fruitcake
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My mother and I were big fruitcake fans, always looking for a favorite recipe. When I found a recipe in Jeffrey Steingarten's "The Man Who Ate Everything", I thought we had a winner. We turned our noses up at "mixed red and green pineapple" and went straight to Harry & David's for candied apricots, beautiful glazed cherries and premium dried pineapple. After several Christmases of revising cooking times and instructions, we finally nailed it in 2002. I hadn't made our fruitcake since my mother had died in 2007, but dusted off the recipe and baked a batch this week. Fruitcake 2010 was an instant success in our household, and I believe my Mom would be proud.
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