Nancie McDermott is a food writer and cooking teacher, and the author of fourteen cookbooks. Her passion is researching and celebrating traditional food in its cultural context, and her beloved subjects are two seemingly different places with much in common: the cuisines of Asia and of the American South.

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Fruitcake 101: My Online Cooking Class!

It’s Fruitcake Time!

Fruitcake season is upon us and I want to share my fruitcake recipes with you in my LIVE online cooking class this Sunday, November 29th, at 3:00 pm Eastern/12 noon Pacific time. It’s called “Fruitcake 101” and we’ll be baking cakes, and learning how to season with spirits, store, and share these traditional holiday treats.

What’s Fruitcake 101?

It’s my latest LIVE online cooking class, where I share recipes and love of cooking via video. The cost is $25, and the class with last 1 1/2 to 2 hours. You’ll view the class from my Private Fruitcake 101 Facebook Group, which I’ll invite you to join as soon as your payment notice arrives. You can cook along with me or watch later — the class will be recorded and available to you anytime, going forward.

What’s on the Menu?

We’ll be making two classic Southern fruitcakes, while learning all about ingredients, traditions, and history, along with how you can make beautiful, delicious fruitcakes to enjoy and share through the holiday season.

How Do I Register?

To register, you make your $25 payment to me through my PayPal Account or my Venmo account. Here are my account details:

PayPal address:paypal.me/NancieMcDermott

or

Venmo address:@Nancie-McDermott

Once I’ve received your payment, I’ll send you the “Welcome to Fruitcake 101 Class” email, including the link for you to enter our private Fruitcake 101 Facebook Group. I’ll be posting about fruitcake and fruitcake adjacent things through the week.

You can prepare your ingredients and cook along with me; or watch me and bake later. Either way, you can return to our private Facebook Fruitcake 101 group and watch it as many times as you like. 

You can go to the group any time before the class. I’ll be sharing some posts there in advance, and when it’s time for class, you will click simply come into our private group and join the class. You can watch and learn, or bake along with me if you’d like. 

Fruitcake for the Win!

I’m thrilled that you’ve decided to join me for this timely class, and I look forward to sharing the history, traditions, and pleasures of fruitcake with you, beforehand in the group, and during our class on Saturday, November 29th. 


Thank you so much for signing up for my Fruitcake 101 class. It’s an honor and I’m looking forward to our fruitcake baking session next Sunday, November 29th. Happy Baking and see you soon!    

Nancie McDermott

Questions? Ask me in the comments below or send me a Facebook Message! Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you in my Fruitcake 101 Class this Sunday 11/29 at 3pmE/12noonP. Please share this with anyone in your circle who likes fruitcake and might enjoy my class.

Happy Baking!

Nancie McDermott