06/01/2026
Dear ChatGPT, says I as if writing to Santa, extract from the attached PDFs of 2000+ pages of multiple cookbooks, a fruitcake recipe that is a gold-standard Christmas cake. Lower its sugar content without compromising taste. Be specific about type of equipment and length of time. Do not speculate.
What came out went into a heavy aluminium cake tin. Baked it low and slow at 150degC, and 2.5 hours later, this manifested. Very dense, sop rich with rum-and-brandy soaked fruit freshly liberated from the vacuum sealed bag that was living in our freezer for over a year. Blissful, hearty, scrummy, and boozy (but just happy, not a bitter drunk).
Not gonna feed it any more or anything. It already packs a 💥. First foray into baking with AI, which as it turns out can be as jolly as Claus himself.
