Tweaked Fruitcake (or Christmas Cake if you may call it)
Well, well. One has to do something what's on hand. As I always say, hunger is the mother of kitchen inventions. It is not only the hunger or that physical pang that I refer here but that wish to create something because it satisfies your creativity or your real desire for good food that any commercial products can easily give but can't provide. One of them is is Christmas Cake. I LOVE nuts and berries that when I travelled in China and in Thailand as well as Cambodia and Singapore, I brought home dried fruits and nuts to match my teas. But since online shopping makes it easier now to find them, I have a constant supply. So I'm turning them into Christmas Cake. Well, I used my Syrah Red Wine here, thus a big tweak from the traditional recipe which calls for rum. Preparations: Cashew Nuts Cranberries Almonds, whole or slivered Raisins Apricot, sliced Goji berries Mix all nuts and dried fruits in a jar and add Syrah Wine or any red wine...