Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Food, Cooking, and Game Preparation Does anyone actually eat fruitcake?

I'm on a quest now.

If you come up short Beans, you can have my share,

Ha! Thanks

Yes love it, but actually getting hard to find around here.

I love fruit cake. Have 3 in the fridge.

Claxton or bust. None better.

Eat it right out of the box ? Schmear of butter ?

Slices like in the pic, Denny. It comes in block like this.



Their website says free shipping in USA.
https://www.claxtonfruitcake.com

I'm not a big fan of sweets and that chit takes "sweet" to a whole new level so......NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curiosity prevailed. I ordered a box.

Pray for me.

I never understood that thinking! When they die the recipe dies with them.

Back in the day, my father used to give Collin Street Bakery's fruit cakes out to his customers at Christmas every year. I think that was some old school thinking from way back in the 40's or the 50's. When we took over the company, we were afraid of losing customers because of it. So we started sending hams out to the top customers. But as a kid, I loved this stuff.

https://www.collinstreet.com/online_bakery_gift/deluxe_fruitcake

I too enjoy the Collin Street. Try to get a couple each holiday season.

My wife and I love fruitcake, one of our favorites is the round one from Costco. My grandma would make them from scratch and brandy them for months before Christmas.

I loved my Moms fruitcake. As a young’n, I used to help her make them. She used a very old Betty Crocker cook book, but I remember she used only half of the candied fruit the recipe called for. Then she had a method of insulating the baking pans so the sides of the cake didn’t over cook. Once done, they were wrapped in cheese cloth, and she used Manischeiwtz wine to flavor them and stored in metal containers for a couple months. Long process but very good.

I love well made fruit cakes. Also had some fruitcake made by monks that was out of this world. Probably find it on the Binger.

Today I learned that some of those little candies in the cake are actually pith from the citron.

Made my first fruitcakes day after Thanksgiving followed this recipe

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/everyones-favorite-fruitcake-recipe

Have only tried that bits that stuck to the tin, quite moist. I've been basting it with brandy and expect it will be quite moist.

I grease (Crisco works great) the pans, then line them with waxed paper, which I grease as well.

Enjoy the fruitcake men.

what is the ballistics on Fruitcake ? give us some data.

Your average store bought fruitcake made well in advance of the Holidays? Typically bad to horrible....

A fresh homemade one........I'm all in ..........

Huge difference.