Claire Saffitz Brings Fruitcake BACK | Try This At Home | NYT Cooking

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Claire Saffitz is here to walk us through her new recipe for fruitcake, just in time for the holidays. While traditional fruitcake takes weeks to age, Claire's recipe comes together in a couple of hours (not including an overnight soak for the fruit). It’s finished with apricot preserves and then topped with a sweet, citrusy icing.
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@draig2614 Год назад

Our family recipe is an aged fruitcake, usually made in early October. My father claims that anyone who says that they don’t like fruitcake has just never had a proper homemade fruitcake.

@emy7873 Год назад

That's why I made mine 😊 I never really liked it but Claire inspired me to try, and it really is a fun project too.

@shoutingatclouds1050 Год назад

Fruitcake started out as a Egyptian M.R.E. or soldier survival food that's why it tastes like desperation.

@dorothysay8327 Год назад

He’s right. My fruitcake is awesome.

@RicardoAguado-Fentanes 7 месяцев назад

Agree!!

@arthureaks3591 Год назад

Canasta-I didn’t know anyone still played. I’m 75 and as a kid I watched mom, dad and the couple from next door; then, later, mom and I played. I also love fruitcake!

@kaistevens7668 Год назад

Claire’s videos are the only thing that has been able to make me feel better in the past three months that have been so incredibly hard and sad. I love the food, the vibes and it’s just comforting and good 😭😭😭

@HarryCopperPot Год назад

Sending love and light to you, hope things get better.

@Yeahthatshowifeel Год назад

How cute was Claire’s mom!! She had no time to waste she was in the middle of playing cards😂

@CatsArtFashion Год назад

I made this and it was EXCELLENT. This best fruitcake I've ever made. Three things I did differently are, I halved the recipe and made it in a 8" round cake pan, added a couple tablespoons of chopped crystalized ginger and omitted the royal icing. Thank you, Claire!

@irishfergal Год назад

Back in Derry, Ireland,, my mother would soak the fruit in Guinness and Jamessons in a jar on the coolest part of the kitchen floor in early November. When it went into the pressure cooker on cooking day, wrapped in cheesecloth, tied into a ball shape, the smell was fantastic. After it steamed and cooled, she pudding (as she called it) smelled divine. Before serving, Dad poured rum over the pudding and set it alight for presentation at the table. Of the nine children (I was the youngest) my oldest brother and I were the only two kids who loved it. Heaving whipping cream, whipped, makes the fruit cake creating supreme deliciousness. Thanks Claire.

@danbev8542 Год назад

Thank you for helping to rescue fruitcake! You are so right in choosing good ingredients. That is key! I love good fruitcake! Oh - another thing Claire is doing right…buttering her Bundt pan! I make Bundt cakes occasionally for fund raisers & found that if I really slather the pan with butter, my cakes slide right out. My amaretto cake made $90 last year!

@kvdjopfdj5302 Год назад

Rehydrating your raisins in alcohol is also the trick to amazing bran muffins. I soak my currants in sherry before adding to the batter.

@adb1917 Год назад

As a kid this would’ve been the last thing I would’ve wanted from a cake but as an adult, this sounds very appealing. May have to give fruitcakes another try.

@helenmaghinay7304 Год назад

I was the weird kid who loved fruitcake. My mom used to get this as gifts all the time from her coworkers, and I'm the only one who eats this. It has always fascinated me how it stays good even after weeks in the fridge. My mom warned me that it had alcohol, so I can only eat one small slice at a time.

@samaraisnt Год назад

@@helenmaghinay7304 That's so cute!

@micheinnz Год назад

Oh please do! There is nothing quite like a good homemade fruitcake!

@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda Год назад

Harris really knows how to give compliments

@roxanneturpin620 Год назад

Your advice about buttering the pan was so good. I consider myself a talented amature and have been baking for 100 years...seriously! ;) But it never occurred to me that the oil pools. I'm grateful for your graceful instruction and love watching you bake.

@Leguminator Год назад

How am I only now discovering Claire Saffitz? I am making this cake next week, now off to watch more Claire ...

@emilybishop7335 Год назад

Make sure to check out her excellent series for Bon Appetit - "Gourmet Makes."

@RH-wj4rz Год назад

Me too! Claire is fabulous.

@defaultuser1447 Год назад

Be sure to check out her channel: www.youtube.com/@CSaffitz/videos

@JaxHolder1 Год назад

Dessert person is wonderful

@eily_b Год назад

This is the most European cake I have ever seen an American make. From the way the batter is mixed to the bundt pan. Everything. 😉😉

@richardengelhardt582 Год назад

I love fruitcake. This is a great basic recipe. One can experiment with different fruits, nuts, alcohols. Using a Bundt pan and soaking with alcohol when warm are keys to success.

@tubecoatue 6 месяцев назад

I don't know why fruit cake got so hated. I've always loved it; even the bad ones! This one however looks incredibly special. Yum.

@kaygee4691 Год назад

It's such a pleasure to watch Claire. She knows her stuff.

@thelostheroine514 Год назад

Claires articulate explanations are very very helpful

@TheEditorsApprentice Год назад

Who says fruitcakes were gone? I’ve always been here!

@maggotbitch Год назад

Underrated comment! 😂

@pamchamberlin6703 Год назад

Pro tip: put the rum in a spray bottle (the kind from the beauty supply store) for easy even application to the finished cake. I do that for my (aged) fruitcakes and saves time and drips.

@sunblock8717 Год назад

Plus, you can spray the excess directly in your mouth which is fun

@pamchamberlin6703 Год назад

@@sunblock8717 or spray your pulse points for a classy eau de rhum fragrance

@kookykiddo Год назад

*Mr. Claire cracked me tf up

@geoffreyblackmer Год назад

We love a Sauci cameo!

@darcyjorgensen5808 Год назад

I love fruitcake!! My recipe calls to begin soaking the fruits and nuts in…July.

@bombdottcom111 Год назад

Love the shinyness and the snow look! X)

@karenbrower9952 Год назад

Our family loves fruit cake.

@michaelmcginsie2600 Год назад

I make mine the first of October. Use basically the same fruit, I soak mine for about two days in bourbon or brandy. Base is an applesauce cake batter. Once done I wrap in cheesecloth soaked in bourbon, then plastic wrap and foil. Put in cool dark place like a closet or if you have a basement even better. Usually two weeks before Xmas I will put in fridge. Absolutely the best fruitcake, serve a warm slice with hard sauce or a slice of good cheddar.

@arilehman9723 Год назад

My mom made homemade fruit cake for years helping her in the kitchen was a fond part of my and my siblings childhood. She made them as office gifts for my dad's coworkers. One year we got a compliant from someone who preferred the liquor without the cake and the family tradition stopped.

@a697ag Год назад

Who complains about a thoughtful holiday gift? So rude. I feel bad for your mom.

@lisabishop133 Год назад

Aww, my grandma's last fruit cake, umm, yeà, she became blind, so we all got buzzed off 1 small slice lol. I miss her, her fruitcake and homemade pies!!!

@shavuklia7731 Год назад

Yikes, how unnecessarily rude. But it sounds like you had a great mom.

@user-iv8jq7dd9y 6 месяцев назад

Please keep baking!!!!

@annehansen9883 Год назад

Made it! With Calvados. It is lovely. Thank you.

@winifredryan8223 Год назад

Thank goodness for a dried fruit fruitcake! I’ve been making one for years with the only candied “fruit” being crystallized ginger. Reminds me that I should make one again this year. I usually go for apricots, dried cherries, golden raisins, some regular raisins, and maybe dried cranberries for the fruit. I was asked to go alcohol free because a family member was intolerant, so it was just orange juice, which I found added a nice brightness, therefore stayed with it. It never lasts long enough to need the preservative quality.

@r8chlletters Год назад

Nod to citron, lemon and orange peel…amazing and hard to find in the US of late.

@tom_something Год назад

That thing is a work of art. I can smell it through the screen.

@EK-xz8ig Год назад

Always have, always will love fruit cake

@robinsiciliano8923 Год назад

That glaze on the shiny cake……..looks delicious!

@yupperzsonson Год назад

I didn't have time to make your fruitcake recipe again this year and everyone was disappointed. This quickie cake will save the holidays, thank you Claire 😭❤

@BecomingBoundless Год назад

I love fruit cake.

@paulascrenci1530 Год назад

Loved watching you make this incredibly delicious cake Claire, will make it for my family this Christmas, thank you!

@bethrogers816 Год назад

Claire is such a great teacher!

@Melissa_5525 Год назад

I made Claire’s fruit cake the last two Christmases and it was awesome! The only reason I’m not making it this year is because I’m spending Christmas alone and don’t have anyone to share a whole Christmas cake with!

@eugenesedita Год назад

Boohoo paw you. Me too, personne.

@TamarLitvot Год назад

If you make it, they will come….

@vittoriabakes Год назад

I would suggest getting a 6-cup bundt pan, or a bundtlette pan for occasions like that. I have the Nordic Ware Classic Bundtlette pan (6 cavity) and will typically halve, or even quarter recipes for myself. It makes it easy to wrap and freeze a couple that I can't eat, as well.

@crissmith7963 Год назад

Slice the cake, then wrap and freeze the pieces in a zip lock bag. You will be enjoying your cake into next year!

@vchavez09 Год назад

You can share with me! 😉

@pawdaw Год назад

I eagerly made this, swapping out the cranberries for dried figs. The almond paste is a genius addition because its texture is there right through the cake. The icing, apart from being super pretty, brings in some acidity to cut the sweetness of the dried fruit. Cake is great on day 1, better on day 2, even better on day 3.

@anthonyalexander5027 Год назад

This recipe is a keeper! Thank you Claire, your style of instruction is so clear and easy to follow. One of the best fruitcakes I've had and I made it, thanks to you! Now I need to see if you have any pie crust videos....that is a feat not yet conquered for me. Happy New Year!❤🎊🎉

@stacheful1 Год назад

My daughter and I made your Dessert Person Fruitcake last year, and it was truly an experience in cake making and eating. I lovingly referred to the fruitcakes as my drinking buddies from October to December 😊! However, I’m so excited to try this quicker version with all the love and flavor but less time commitment and, maybe, less drinking. ❤

@McMilesE Год назад

So amazing to see the Queen of Baking at work!!!

@jacobgordillo6476 Год назад

I'm making my second ever fruitcake this year and I did wonder if a bundt pan would help. Now I know. Thank you Claire!

@javinicole96 Год назад

I just love this video. Watching Claire cooking the recipe of fruitcake, which is very similar to the recipe that in Chile his name is "Pan de pascua" which is traditional to make for Christmas and coincidentally my mom was baking too ❤️

@oussamaallaoua8041 Год назад

I really love this recipe. It delivers 🙌 👏

@Bellaandkelly Год назад

This was beautifully made. Superb.

@lisakilmer2667 Год назад

Brilliant recipe - at less than 2 minutes in! Most recipes are actually raisin cake with tons of sugar. Wesson oil used to have a recipe on their label, and they use candied fruits including pineapple, and dried figs and walnuts - pretty good, and served as cupcakes. Same with Stollen - a good German recipe has a variety of fruits, plus hazelnuts.

@MackerelCat Год назад

Viva fruitcake! I made mine a month ago and it smells divine and has a lovely sweet syrupy feel from all the booze I’ve fed it with!

@aledaabraham1810 Год назад

How often and how much booze do you apply at a time? Thx

@norawotton5440 Год назад

Can’t wait to try this!

@justpinkcandy Год назад

I make fruitcake every year. It's what you put in it that makes or breaks it. What will break it is using so-called "candied" fruit. Just don't do it. Use actual, dried fruit as Claire does. I will say, as sacrilegious as it may be, I use maraschino cherries in mine. It's delicious and I don't care how fake or bad they are for you. They taste good, unlike citron and weird "candied" fruit. 😊

@kvdjopfdj5302 Год назад

My family recipe uses just sultanas, pecans and grand marnier. The regional variation where I live it to use jujubes/gumdrops instead of candied fruit.

@karenamanda1958 Год назад

You do you. ✌️🙂

@eugenesedita Год назад

Candied fruit doesn’t even taste like fruit. This must actually be delicious with all that rum soaked fresh fruit flavor.

@eugenesedita Год назад

@@kvdjopfdj5302 Degueulasse

@MackerelCat Год назад

@@eugenesedita jujubes are ok it’s the gum drops that trouble me

@cuttwice3905 Год назад

Candied citrus peel is easy to make. Recipes are hither, thither and yon on the web and in older cookbooks

@MildredGlutz 13 дней назад

Very thorough explanation! Thanks! Looks like a GREAT recipe!

@starforesthouse Год назад

It's good for christmas~My children might like this. Thank you^^

@chelseaadams995 Год назад

Awww Claire, this looks absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to make it and make a homemade vanilla custard to go with it! 💛

@raynemichelle2996 Год назад

My great grandparents played canasta all the time. I never learned how to play

@kellywright9791 Год назад

C-L-A-I-R-E!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS!!!!

@emy7873 Год назад

I was hoping to see this! I hope there are no wonderful tips I really could have used a month ago.. 😄 I love the idea of making it in a bundt! Looks lovely.

@AliseL22 Год назад

Looks yummmmm Claire - I truly love fruitcake.

@tasssssssie 5 месяцев назад

My mom loved this cake. Thank you 😊

@SOLmeMAYBE Год назад

The "Mr. Claire" annotation took me out! LOVED THIS!

@thelasonj Год назад

Um, I am so going to make these. Thank you!!! 🖤🖤🖤

@syd2248 Год назад

The ease of this recipe makes me want to actually attempt fruitcake! Claire is such a great teacher and her recipes are always perfectly balanced❤️

@aledaabraham1810 Год назад

Same here & my mom loves fruitcake, so I might make it for her.

@brianroberts5350 Год назад

claire. claire's mom. i love everything about this video.

@ellieisanerd Год назад

My favourite take on a fruit cake is panettone!

@lolam.9291 Год назад

I’ve always wanted to make a fruitcake since I usually hate the ones that are sold in grocery stores or bakeries, so I decided to try this recipe… By far, this is the best tasting fruitcake I have ever had!!! I think I will make another one to finish off the leftover ingredients I still have❤… Thank you!!!

@MinhNguyen-mo5fp 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much 😊❤❤❤🙏

@tekvax01 Год назад

I love fruitcake!!!!

@emunsey Год назад

Looks tasty. I’ve made Dorie Greenspan’s Figgy Pudding for several years and it’s delicious.

@BB2038 Год назад

Yummy!

@RicardoAguado-Fentanes 7 месяцев назад

Oh, por Dios!!! Qué delicia! I don’t really like fruit cake, but the way you look at it just before eating it just makes me want to make it myself and give it another chance!!! ❤

@michellebarlondsmith6243 6 месяцев назад

My moms recipe was similar except she soaked dates and rasins and it had brown suger .... love it

@minkiemonkey9 7 месяцев назад

I would love to see Stollen next!!! 😋

@jelsner5077 7 месяцев назад

I've been looking around for a fruitcake recipe and when I saw Claire had posted one, I knew it was the one for me! I'm really excited to make this. I already spent $8 on dried cherries. 😂 Happy Holidays, all!

@frankendoll1455 Год назад

MMMMMMMMM 😋 I'm so making this!!!!

@ameliemorton9849 Год назад

Thank you Claire, I have sampled many fruitcakes and followed many recipes, but looking at the slice of this cake I can see that it will be perfect for me, and you used fruit I love and spices also.NO CINNAMON, I make my own orange and lemon candied peel very easy, the store bought product is foul...

@mikaelacollins9404 Год назад

Half of my family is from Guyana and would have a conniption at the idea of a one day fruit cake - I have a cousin who saved the top layer of her wedding cake for 27 years - but I think this looks delicious! 😅

@oussamaallaoua8041 Год назад

Wow 27 years that's crazy ! My mom don't even have her wedding pictures anymore. She just doesn't care 😅😅

@matt_mcneill Год назад

Who said fruitcakes were ever gone?? I’m still using last years as a doorstop!

@SoapyCilantro Год назад

LOL 😂

@kathyjohnson2043 Год назад

You can still eat it. If Claire or Alton Brown made it, i recommend you do.

@chrishigh3858 Год назад

If you have a soaked dense fruitcake stop cutting it thick, cut it thin enough light shines through the candied fruits like a stained-glass window. That’s how fruitcake do. Great flamed with some cognac or kirsch. This one is different

@BPBeckford 8 месяцев назад

😂

@deda118 Год назад

Going to try this! Tried it and It took longer than the 1.10 or 1.20 mins to bake, as specified in he recipe. It’s a great recipe and the cake is excellent!

@awkwardtrumpet128 Год назад

Yes yes yes

@cyankirkpatrick5194 Год назад

All jokes aside from the fruit cake I actually love them. I usually wound up eating them all after the holidays, which wasn't much left afterwards. We always got the one pound fruit cakes.

@BeabopYAY Год назад

She thinks about things I would never think of, and she makes it make sense.

@bcfran3g844 6 месяцев назад

I made fruitcake in my younger years. This year I tried sticky toffee pudding. It only used pitted dates. 2 hours and I like it better than the taste of fruitcake . I used a pie plate for the batter.

@tati.l. Год назад

Dessert Person's fruitcake be like, "I don't know her"-

@nicolemangum5023 Год назад

There was always store bought fruit cake at our local bank when I was growing up and it was AWFUL. But this looks amazing!!

@HulatSaWala 6 месяцев назад

I have a preCOVID fruitcake sitting in the fridge. I doused the cheesecloth with rum and\or brandy. No mold last time I took a peek.

@Nicoleyluna Год назад

Looks so delicious! Could almond flour be substituted here since it’s a pretty dense cake already?? I have a loved one with celiacs disease who would love this cake!

@richardg8651 Год назад

Great video and recipe. I am surprised Claire didn't add that you can "age" this fruitcake . I'm sure it would only get better .Holiday time is busy and stressful . Making fruitcake ahead of the season is a good idea .

@bluedrummajor2876 Год назад

Sauci, Sauci, Sauci. She's my Queen.

@jackiehiebert7064 Год назад

Fruit cakes are amazing. I do 3 different ones every year and they are always a hit. Also, word got out last year and I ended up baking and selling 13 more cakes. It all depends on the quality of fruit. Thanks for this one, might have to add a 4th cake to the Christmas rep. (PS is the recipe in one of the cookbooks?)

@rutgenesis Год назад

oh wow thats nice! could you share what three different ones you make? I thought the cake was only one type?

@jackiehiebert7064 Год назад

@@rutgenesis I always do Nigel Slaters fruit cake from his Christmas book. An old fashioned cherry topped fruit cake. And a Murrumbidgee fruit cake, which is quite different from the norm. I think you could google the recipes.

@byshagi Год назад

I love Fruit Cake

@fionaroni Год назад

no raisins made me happy

@stevedeeds1579 Год назад

That looks 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’d tear that up!!!!

@pwoody1958 Год назад

I have all the ingredients sitting on my counter. I'll start soaking the fruit tomorrow. I haven't been this excited about cooking anything in a long time! I just know it will be a huge hit and look like a million bucks. One question for those more experienced than me - Claire says that you can make this up to a week in advance and keep it at room temperature. But you would hold off putting the icing on until the day of serving, right? Or can you put the icing on early?

@alexrogers Год назад

I've never been more invested in a fruitcake in my life.

@coldcountess Год назад

Felix is a very cute kitty !!

@nackedgrils9302 Год назад

I can't wait to try this but I didn't expect the ingredients to be that expensive... Cost me around $100 and I didn't even get nice aged rum because that would've been an extra $25. Hope it's all worth it and that my father will be happy with it though! With his mother's passing, there's no one to make him his annual fruitcake anymore and, no disrepect to her memory, I'm pretty sure this is going to be even better.

@anthonyalexander5027 Год назад

Don't delay! Trust me, it's worth it! I made it New Year's Day and it turned out terrific. Next time I will take Claire's advice and substitute one of the fruit selections. I'll sub out prunes for dates.

@biancazavala7529 Год назад

A fruitcake has never looked so good. 🤤🤤🤤

@nicekit Год назад

is there a substitute for Almond Paste? i cant seems to get it..

@antonellamasella2300 Год назад

Where can I get the detailed recipe without having to pay?

@London1869 Год назад

I 💖 fruitcake / Claire / NYT Cooking. I wonder how this will be in a muffin tin?

@Zimzimhk 6 месяцев назад

I only just saw this and Christmas 2023 is already behind us! I'm so making it in Easter 2024! One question Claire, is it difficult to make almond paste at home? I don't think I have seen it in stores here in Hong Kong.