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Fruitcake.
Why? It's damn near universally hated.

>> No.11437325

>>11437321
The cheap stuff is given as a gift that's thoughtless, you just bought something for cheap. And since it lasts forever (rum soaked) the joke is that people keep re-gifting it. Homemade it's fucking dope as hell

>> No.11437327
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>>11437321
Tradition. And they supposedly keep well enough to be mailed as a gift.

For me? It's rum cake.

>> No.11437332

Never had fruitcake. Is it like coffee cake?

>> No.11437338

>>11437332
Pretty much, but with candied fruits. It's gross if it's pre-packaged though.

>> No.11437415

>>11437321
I prefer the Italian one, can't remember it's name though.

>> No.11437755

>>11437321
>appropriating November for the pope
>Catholicism has a defined calendar and the Christmas season doesn't start until the 25th of December and lasts until the feast of the epiphany
>not respecting the somber season of subdued anticipation known as advent

Larper confirmed REEEEEEEEEE RESPECT MY FAITH AND FUCK OFF LARPER RRRRRREEEEEEEEE

>> No.11437789

I love fruitcake but I'm keto master race now

>> No.11438327

>>11437321
My mom used to get a harry and david fruitcake from her work every year and I'd fucking destroy it as a kid. Shits dank

>> No.11438389

>>11437415
Panatone, my man.

>> No.11438540

who the fuck doesn't like fruitcake?

>> No.11438563

>>11438540
Early 20th century vaudeville comics

>> No.11438570

>>11437755
>RESPECT MY FAITH
That's your job, not other people's.

>> No.11438582

>>11437321
A festive seasonal Catholic doorstop.

>> No.11438696

>>11437321
I fail to understand why this humble dessert is hated, I've tried it a few times in my life and it wasn't close to being bad.

>> No.11438915

>>11437332
Most of the fruitcake I've had - even some kinds I've heard people say would be good - have a taste that reminds me of toothpaste. That's not an exaggeration; my best description is that it kinda tastes toothpaste-y with this weird texture on the berries where some somehow seem too firm in comparison to the other berries.
I also don't think they're actually berries I'm not really sure what the fuck they are because like I said, it all just reminds me of toothpaste.

>> No.11438918

>>11438540
Pretty much this >>11438563
Most people don't seem to like fruitcake, or at least, they don't like the type of fruitcake most people give most people.
I don't know much about fruitcake beyond that because I've never bothered.

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>>11437321
I like fruit cake but i like it with lots of marzipan and icing

>> No.11439031

>>11437321
I imagine cheap store bought stuff is horrendous.
I love it. I've made it before and think it tastes awesome with almond butter spread on a piece with some coffee for breakfast.

>> No.11439046

Never tried it, and it always kinda baffled me how much people rip on it. It looks pretty good to me.

>> No.11439050

>>11437321
Love it and christmas cake. Everyone hates them so there's always more for me at christmas parties.

>> No.11439056

>>11437321
So how do you make a good one, anyway? Liqueur-Candied fruit in a rum cake sounds like it would be fantastic, so what do people do that fucks it up?

>> No.11439082

Is this the food hate thread? Ok great. Cause I need to get this off my chest:
Few things in this world make me quite as angry as the very existence of coconut. And then, on top of that, someone out there thought it a good idea to PUT THIS FUCKING VILE SHIT IN THEIR GODDAMN MOUTH. What I most need out of life before I shuffle off this mortal coil is the name and address of this person, so that I can track them down and... well, frankly I can't even right now imagine the unspeakable things I would do to this person if I ever got my hands on them.

>> No.11439117

I was brainwashed by children's cartoons to just accept that fruitcake is some kind of bad abomination. Then a year ago I finally tried it and liked it. Must be a pleb filter dessert.

>> No.11439216

>>11439082
>autism

>> No.11439217

>>11439082
I bet you think vaginas are gross too.

>> No.11439230

>>11439117
This is the correct answer, it's something people get memed into disliking without ever having tried it.

>> No.11439268

>cake with rum in it
Fucking gross, a neighbor brings us a bundt cake every Christmas, we don't really touch it.

>> No.11440755

Fruit cakes that taste of toothpaste? wtf. Even the homemade ones will be bad unless you stick to some simple rules. The main problem is that many of them are baked at the wrong temperature. Stick to around 140 degrees c. Don't bake them at 180 like sponge cakes. If you do they'll dry out before the inside is cooked and end up like a brick. Number one complaint about these types of cakes is that they're dry. Bake it properly at low temp and it won't be dry.

With all that dried fruit a fruit cake won't be light like a sponge cake, but they shouldn't be close textured or stodgy like mashed potato. You should still be able to see the 'crumb' of the cake.

The next mistake people make is not to soak their dried fruit in brandy/cognac/whatever liquid for a few days beforehand. If you don't do this the dried fruit will suck up moisture after the cake is baked.

Next up is the mixed peal. There are a lot of bad suppliers of mixed peel. They don't prepare it in a way that removes the bitterness. Remember when you were told not to zest citrus too deeply otherwise you would get bitter pith? Well many suppliers won't cook this off because it takes many changes of water or whatever labour saving method they use nowadays.

>> No.11441819

>>11438389
panettone

>> No.11441980

>>11439056
honestly, I dunno either
my family is all from Trinidad, so I never knew about bad fruitcake except from jokes on TV

>> No.11442308

>>11437321
No way, man, fruitcakes are delicious

>> No.11442330

>>11437321
what exactly are you asking?

>> No.11442344

I bought a piece at the grocery store last year and it was disgusting.

>> No.11442350

>>11442344
no it wasn't

>> No.11442363

>>11442350
Yes it was. I've heard homemade is better so I'd be willing to try it, but fuck the garbage they sell in stores was one of the worst things I've had the displeasure of eating.

>> No.11442370

>>11439019
You know what's up.