To preserve a fruit cake or birthday cake, prick the base of cake all over with a fine skewer or cocktail stick. Preferably whilst the cake is still warm. Any beer/spirit placed in the uncooked cake will lose its alcohol properties during cooking. It will give a superior flavor however.
Then feed the cake your desired liquor. I myself prefer a good brandy for a Christmas cake. I usually feed a birthday cake with sherry. Feed the cake for one month prior to its intended use (occasion).
Drizzle the liquor over the base until the liquid dissipates. Do this two or three times a week over a period of one month or longer if desired.
Alot of bacteria is killed ( or allergic you could say ) by alcohol.
Bacteria is what causes food to break down quickly and go off, so if you eliminate most of the bacteria that causes this breakdown process, you are in theory, making the food preserved for at least a little longer than if no alcohol was present.
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