I use plenty of rum and lots of nuts and fruit....have you noticed how expensive that candied fruit is this year?....that's why I'll wait til after Christmas to buy it...it'll be shoved in some discount basket at Albertsons.....
I still have candied fruit I bought years ago after Christmas. Unfortunately, my mom never followed thru on her promise to make fruitcakes for us when she got back from a trip, and now, she’s no longer around to make them.
>>my husband and all his family LOVES fruitcake and I love making it...although I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole....LOL<<
You are child of God indeed: blessed are the fruitcake makers for their households will be filled with joy (OK, I just made that up, but you can tell your family it is almost-verse).