Ever make a fruitcake with dried apples? I've made fruitcakes with

[hedgehog]

dried cherries, but am considering a fruitcake with apples and walnuts. Basically, I make a pound cake with brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger. and Irish Mist. lots and lots of Irish Mist.


Anyone make a fruit cake with honey? I guess I'm trying to walk back to the original.

[hippywife]

1. No reason why you couldn't.

I've made them with all dried fruits such as raisins, dates, etc. and they were delicious. I don't use any alcohol in any of mine, whether the candied fruit version or dried fruit version.

[Warpy]

2. It would depend on the apples and crunchy ones won't work

I'd tend to want to rehydrate them so that people wouldn't find bits of leather in the cake. I'd probably do that with applejack brandy to give them a real apple punch.

Honey would likely work, but stick to the lighter ones like alfalfa or orange. Heavier honeys would tend to clash with the other flavors.

[hedgehog]

4. Thanks for the heads-up - it never occurred to me to consider

that they might turn to leather! I'll have to try rehydrating some in the Irish Mist and see what happens.

[Denninmi]

3. Honey, yes, all the time.

I've never made one with dried apples, but I have done them with dried pineapple, papaya, mango, and coconut and macadamia nuts plus candied citrus peel for a "tropical" fruitcake, and that turned our great.

I think it could be very good with dried apples and/or dried pears, walnuts or pecans, cinnamon and ginger as you say. Perhaps even candied ginger cut into fine pieces (some people find candied ginger too strong if it's a large chunk). Raisins of some sort would be nice in the mix as well.

[hedgehog]

5. I'm thinking the raisins have to be there. Maybe white raisens and zante currants?

I finally found out that zante currents are really tiny, very sweet raisins, not dried currents.

[housewolf]

6. Alton Brown has a recipe for an all-dried-frout fruitcake

it doesn't include apples but you might find the recipe helpful anyway

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/free-range-fruitcake-recipe/index.html

You might also google 'dried fruit fruitcake recipe' or 'fruitcake "dried apples" recipe' and find some help and/or recipes that way.

I made an all dried-fruit fruitcake once and loved it, but that was more than 30+ years ago when I was studying nutrition and trying to eat healthy. I don't remember whether that cake had dried apples in it or not. I remember that I liked it, but don't remember anything about the specific ingredients or process of making it. Sorry... wish I could be more helpful.

[japple]

7. Ooooo...that sounds wonderful. Thanks for posting the link

to this fruitcake.

[Lars39]

8. Sounds a little like an apple sorghum cake.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,166,144179-243200,00.html

Usually done with about 6 thin layers of cake, though. and the apple sorghum mixture in between.