making 6 fruitcakes.... how to bake them without over baking or under baking?

Fruitcake-Making Tips

To prevent overbrowning, line the bottom and sides of the pan with foil. If you leave extra foil overlapping the sides, it will be easier to remove the cake.

When baking, set the fruitcake pan in a baking pan (13x9-inch) half-filled with water to prevent burning around the edges.

Let fruitcake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

For long-term storage, bury the linen and foil wrapped fruitcake in a tin filled with powdered sugar.

Just keep checking on them.

Fruitcake Baking Tips

Completely dust the fruit and nuts with flour so they doesn’t fall to the bottom of the batter while baking. Shake off excess flour before mixing in the recipe.

Oven temperature should be low enough to cook the batter fully without drying out the cake (250°F).

First line the cake pans with several layers of brown paper insulates the batter against excess drying.

Baking pans should only be filled 2/3 full of batter, not full.

After baking, the cake should be thoroughly cooled on a rack, then removed from pan and wrapped in aluminum foil. Store in a cake box. Cake may be wrapped in several thicknesses of cheesecloth. Brandy or fruit juice may be poured on the cloth occasionally.

Make fruitcakes at least 3 weeks before using, this allows them time to ripen.

Don’t freeze a fruitcake right away. Let it age at least 3 to 4 weeks first so it has a chance to build its flavor (ripen).

Use the best spices, nuts and dried fruits you can afford. Spices should be fresh

Set the timer so you can check them 5 minutes before they're ready to come out of the oven. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the fruitcake & if it comes out clean, the fruitcake is done.

fruitcakes? don't they normally wear tight leather pants and small Mohawks? I'm not to sure why you are baking them, but hey, all the power to you. No one ever liked them anyway

go to yahoo food section and search recepes!!!!

check fruitcake :)