Some random thoughts on a fruit cake recipe I discovered.

I admit I considered throwing out a recipe card for fruit cake that I found in my mother’s things. I’m not certain whose recipe it originally was or whether Mom found it somewhere and wanted it. I don’t remember her ever making it, but the recipe was on a card just like several others of hers that I typed up in the early 1980s. Most of the others I remember her making, but the only fruit cake I remember was one that someone else made or storebought from somewhere.

As soon as I typed that last sentence I realized that maybe the recipe was from the person who gave us the homemade one. There’s no indication on the card of who the recipe was from. Others I typed have names on them, but not the illustrious fruit cake.

It’s almost like an unidentified picture of field, hay bales, or livestock that I have. Do I need to keep it? Or should I let it go?

If fruitcake lasts forever do recipe cards for fruit cake last forever too?

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4 Responses

  1. I’d say unless you love fruitcake and plan to make This recipe, it can go with the fuzzy photo of a tree, in the round file beside your desk!

  2. If I were you, I would make it once and see how you like it. If you’re not a fan of fruit cake throw it out. If you make it and don’t like it, throw it out. Frankly, I love homemade fruit cake. This recipe doesn’t look too hard so I’m going to try it. Thanks

  3. I found something extra and very important in a small recipe notebook of my grandmother.
    On the last page was a poem and a note about her and my father both liking it. I linked it to an important event in my Dad’s life, his recovery from a bad car accident. It added a poignant touch.
    Moral of the story: Look carefully at what is on the recipe or in the recipe book.

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