The finished cake is “soaked” in brandy, rum or whiskey and wrapped in plastic wrap and ... this 3-pound fruit cake contains fruit and nuts. It’s packaged in an attractive, gift-ready ...

Q–The last two years you have run a fruit cake recipe ... raisins and nuts (whatever kind you used in cake) for decorating top of cake before giving as gifts or serving 1.

Like the fruit cake you know, it can be stored, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap or parchment, at room temperature for up to 6 weeks. But that's about all it has in common with the brick you may know.

The end result is a brandied moist fruit cake that makes for a great gift. It also looks wonderful ... of the hot cake and replace the foil disk. Wrap the cake in about 15 layers of newspapers ...

Mrs Bartolo said it needed to be prepared the day before and recommended sealing the finished cake in foil or glad wrap and then presenting ... The dried fruit can also be substituted with crushed ...