calikooknic,

Thanks for the kind welcome.

The recipe for my DH's family recipe uses fresh (rather than all dried) fruit, including sliced apples, homemade stewed fruit & other "goodies". - The layers have a layer of applesauce or apple butter between the four or five 2-3" layers.
(Their style of fruitcake is stacked like a regular 5-layer cake & dressed with icing, too.)


Fyi, properly dehydrated or candied fruit should last for years & years W/O significant change in freshness. just as an ordinary candy-bar does not spoil on the grocery store shelf.


Sincerely, DarlaG

Last edited by DarlaG; 12/01/18. Reason: add