Fermented Fruit Cake Wrap recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup grapefruit juice, or to taste
1 (1 pound) baked and cooled fruitcake
1 cheesecloth

Nutrition Info

156.6 calories
carbohydrate: 30.2 g
cholesterol: 2.3 mg
fat: 4.2 g
fiber: 1.7 g
protein: 1.4 g
saturatedFat: 0.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 122.7 mg
sugar: 13.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Pour grapefruit juice into a large bowl and add cheesecloth, allow to soak. Wrap the cake in the grapefruit-soaked cheesecloth, wrap again in 2 layers of aluminum foil. Store in a cool place for up to 2 or 3 months.

Recipe Yield

1 fruitcake

Recipe Note

My mother-in-law taught me to wrap Christmas fruitcake in cheesecloth soaked in grapefruit juice. She would make one for her 7 children and 13 grandchildren every year. After trying different things back in the day, even trying a coffee wrap, which didn't work very well, she settled on grapefruit juice. This is great for a non-alcoholic family fruit cake! Some mild fermentation will already exist in the cake from the fruit.

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