Fridge Fruit Cake

How long can you typically keep a fruit cake assuming that it is not 100 years.

Fridge fruit cake.

Cake strawberry cake mix strawberries instant vanilla pudding mix and 6 more no bake chocolate peanut butter refrigerator cake melissa s southern style kitchen heavy cream peanut butter baking chips cream marshmallow fluff and 3 more. I adore icebox cakes in all their midwestern glory. Cover and steam for a few minutes spooning the sauce all over the cake. In the refrigerator the crackers soften just enough to be tender and flaky melding with the cream and fruit into a dessert that resembles a fancy layered torte with thin layers of cake.

It is dense chewy and amazing and most importantly is not baked and tastes nothing like that other stuff. It only takes 20 minutes to prepare before popping in the freezer making it a really quick and easy way to get your chocolate fix. Mom s refrigerator fruitcake is chewy and yes it has bits of cherries pineapple and raisins in it but it also has marshmallows butter pecans and graham cracker crumbs. Add 1 2 cup alcohol such as brandy cognac or rum to a large saucepan with a bit of orange zest place cake on top and heat until the liquor begins to simmer.

An old fashioned icebox cake is a dessert that s typically made by layering cream fruit nuts and wafers and then set in the refrigerator. Chocolate fridge cake serve this intensely rich and indulgent chocolate fridge cake as a sophisticated teatime treat enhanced with juicy brandy soaked raisins and crunchy biscuit pieces. My grandmother had pinned it to a card with her cost estimate to make. There s no baking required.

Or just mix up the best bits of the store cupboard with a. When there s no time for baking there s still time for cake. Using a skewer poke numerous holes into all sides of the cake pushing the skewer all the way through to the other side. The classic icebox cake became popular in the 1920 s and 1930 s as housewives began using the icebox a compact non mechanical refrigerator as a kitchen appliance.

It s a great alternative to baked fruit cakes and stays moist. Try mary berry s honeycomb crunchies or one of nigella s many rocky roads. This is a recipe that my mom made every christmas. I don t know.

This cake recipe is so simple to make and it stores and travels very well which makes it perfect for parties and gatherings and gifts. I wanted to post this to save and found it as a newspaper clipping in my grandmother s recipe box.