fruit cake storage?

I've made some fruit cake using Alton Brown's free range recipe. Near the end he states:

When cake is completely cooled, seal in a tight sealing, food safe container. Every 2 to 3 days, feel the cake and if dry, spritz with brandy. The cake's flavor will enhance considerably over the next two weeks.

I can find no hint of whether I'm supposed to store refrigerated or in the standard "cool dry place." As far as storage for this I remain clueless.

Should I refrigerate or not. Consider that this will probably not last two weeks. I have no impulse control when it comes to food. That's probably why I enjoy cooking so much.

thanks,
hank

Fridge storage works just fine. My mom still has a fruitcake she made last year in the fridge and we are going to have it on Christmas Day. I told her to give it a sponge bath in whiskey a day or two before...

Jay Leno tried a then-125-year-old fruitcake in 2003; I think you'll be ok no matter what. Happy holidays!

For years a friend would send up a fruit cake from Collin Street Bakery. I'm not a fan but my partner loved it. She would cut it up into serving size and would freeze it. By the time she finished it off it was almost time for another one!

Thanks for the tips. I've got it in the refrigerator. I don't plan to keep it long enough to warrant freezing. While I like it, I have no illusions about it being worthy of handing down for generations!

It really doesn't make any difference if you refrigerate or not. The cakes were designed to be kept for months in an era before refrigeration (I am not familiar with the Alton Brown recipe though)

HankB wrote:Thanks for the tips. I've got it in the refrigerator. I don't plan to keep it long enough to warrant freezing. While I like it, I have no illusions about it being worthy of handing down for generations!

Oh, she doesn't freeze it for the ages, she eats it in parceled out savored increments and looks forward to the new one coming the next Christmas!

I made black cake last year and kept it in the cabinet. I was still eating that in October of this year and it was fine. I just polished off nearly all the leftover booze mixture that went into it on Christmas Eve, so you should be fine leaving it at room temperature/in a cool dry place.