With hopes and prayers, Bernardine 🙂 Honestly, it can be a challenge, I get it… If my marzipan is really sticky, sometimes I quickly roll the cubes in some icing sugar, which really helps a lot.

Great to hear, Paul! So glad it turned out, and good job keeping an eye on the browning. That’s the one negative to a convection oven, for baking they can make things a touch tricky – but tenting it was the perfect call! Enjoy!

Audrey, I did make this cake a second time and I noticed right away that the batter was much less wet than my first attempt,so I went ahead and baked it accorfing to your original recipe. It came out beautifully. I idid have to tent it with foil for the last ten minutes, because my convection oven just browns things too fast. I will definitely be making this again!

Merci, Monika! Another fruit cake fan is a win in my book! So thoughful of you to share homebaked goods for the holidays, I have no doubt it was very appreciated! Gifts from the heart are the best! 🙂

The only thing I can think of, Paul, is that I do not use the convection function in my oven for this fruitcake. I bake at a static 350. I know that in some ovens the fan cannot be turned off, in which case, I would lower the temperature by 25F. The cake could take 5-10min longer, always a possibility, but you should avoid the darkened exterior with the temperature change.

I just made this last night and I love the taste, however, it took much longer thatn 45 minutes in my oven (convection) for the tester to come out dry. By then, the exterior was quite dark – not burned, but not the light color in your photos. Any ideas?

I think you’ll be ok with what you have on hand, Fran! Good luck and hope you’ll enjoy it 🙂

Thank you. Both the dried cherries and dried apricots I have access to are more gummy than dry, thankfully. And of course we have regular and golden raisins at the grocery store. While we do have two health food stores in my town, I live where it is very rural, and the city very small, so they have little selection of anything besides dietary supplements. I can try Vitacost, online, but I believe they have only dried fruits. I’ll try the dried fruits and will post a review. Crossing my fingers!