Re: Ping fruit cake lovers

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-11-14 7:03 p.m., songbird wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:
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I don't want to start the great fruit cake love it or hate it debate all
over again. I just want to say that I just put the first batch of my
light fruit cake into the oven. It is a lot of work and lot of expense
but I have several friends and relatives who look forward to it every
year.  It took me an hour to get the ingredients whipped up and ready to
go into the pans. Stirring the dredged glazed fruits into that heavy
batter is a decent workout.

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   perhaps a desktop cement mixer would help?  :)
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 LOL  That might not be a bad idea if I were doing larger batches.  I had not used the stand mixer before because I didn't think it would hold the entire batch. I gave it a try and added the dredged fruit in stages.  It all fit and tool a small fraction of the time to get everything mixed, and with a lot less of my physical effort. The dough is so dense that I have to be careful which utensil I use. My biggest cooking spoon and slotted spoon would bend. I think the wooden spoons would snap.  I used a wok stirring  thingamajig because it has a sturdy spoon and shaft attached to a wooden handle.
 

Hobart makes good equipment that has the power to do what you need and works with large batches.