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Fruitcake..

FastDogWalker2 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 22:55:07 GMT

Do you have one that you like and purchase every year? Thank you!

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BostonMommy — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:07:34 GMT

Costco make a really good one.

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mspatmac — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:17:32 GMT

@FastDogWalker2 I treat myself to a fruitcake from Collin Street Bakery every year. They ship everywhere and have many choices.

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Pezzie — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:28:57 GMT

I second Collins Street. I buy one every year for myself.

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drizzellla — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:43:53 GMT

My Dad used to make fruitcakes. He tried to perfect his recipe. But he never seemed to get it the way he wanted. So he graduated to making pecan, caramel and chocolate turtles.

My Aunt would buy the Collins Street fruitcake for Dad every year after he stopped making his own..

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Ainhisg — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:08:48 GMT

I like a dark fruitcake such as the ones made at Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri. I tried a Collin Street Bakery fruitcake one time, and it was not for me. It was so moist it was almost wet and it was sickening sweet. I also got a bite of rancid pecan occasionally. 🤢

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Allegheny — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:20:05 GMT

Beatrice Bakery's 3-lb Grandma's Fruitcake I purchased last year from QVC and like it so much, I ordered again this year.

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Foxxee — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:23:21 GMT

My favorite is Beatrice Bakery Grandma's Fruitcake sold here at QVC. It has real bourbon, dark rum, and 84-proof brandy in it. Recipe over 100 years old. Of course, the alcohol burns off when it's baking.

My favorite used to be Collin Street Bakery, it is very good, but I think Beatrice's is better.

I'm looking at this one to try, Eilenberger's World Famous Fruit Cake, new to QVC. 120 year old German recipe.

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Sooner — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:37:00 GMT

We make a traditional dark fruit cake much like Collins Street Bakeries one only better! We use more/better fruit, have some orange juice in the mix and glaze it several times with simple sugar and a lot of Grand Marnier!

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skatting44 — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:06:09 GMT

I've never been much of a fruit cake eater . Abt 20 + yrs past I did find a company that made a pinapple white batter fruit cakes that was good, but can't remember the brand.

I bought a fruit cake from QVC last yr that was made in Ga , but this yr I bought the GrandMa's brand fruit & nut cake from QVC.

I tasted this GrandMa's cake and it was surprisingly tasty. First , I smelled the burbon in the cake . I tasted the burbon, rum and brandy in the cake which added some tasty elements but not to strong. The cake was moist . the fruit was tasty and did Not taste like plastic as it does in some other brands . The cake was really fresh tasting.

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drizzellla — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:00:38 GMT

Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?

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Sooner — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:34:15 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?

@drizzellla At our house they do. . .

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Kachina624 — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:53:42 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?

@drizzellla No, that's something that's added at the discretion of the purchaser.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:54:15 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?
@drizzellla At our house they do. . .

Mine do when I bake my own. I use brandy and they get a soaking in a clean all cotton dish towel to age for a couple of weeks.

I like the idea of Grand Marinier.

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homedecor1 — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:27:29 GMT

love it but only buy Claxton as we had it growing up.

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mspatmac — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:35:53 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?
@drizzellla At our house they do. . .

@Sooner @drizzellla I realize the alcohol burns off but I just don't like the taste. Soooooo I add a glass of wine on the side LOL

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Sooner — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:45:47 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?
@drizzellla At our house they do. . .
@Sooner @drizzellla I realize the alcohol burns off but I just don't like the taste. Soooooo I add a glass of wine on the side LOL

@mspatmac No, we make the cakes sometime in November, make the glaze with the alcohol in it and pout it on the cake, wrap it is cheesecloth and put it in a tin. Then we resoak it as needed.

The cake and fruits are moist and still cake like, but keep well and aren't dry and bitter like an un-soaked cake. It is a very very traditional of making the cakes. It was much done in colonial times and in England.

We make mostly small loaf cake sizes and wrap them up tightly and store them in the garage fridge since we don't have root cellars any more!

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drizzellla — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:55:01 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?
@drizzellla At our house they do. . .
@Sooner @drizzellla I realize the alcohol burns off but I just don't like the taste. Soooooo I add a glass of wine on the side LOL

I agree with you. I do not care for the taste of food that had alcohol added. It just ends up being thrown out.

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Foxxee — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:56:53 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
Do fruitcakes usually have alcohol as an ingredient?

@drizzellla

Other than Beatrice's sold on QVC, those I tried in the past did not, but sometimes soaking fruitcakes in alcohol is suggested because it kills bacteria and slows spoiling. Some recipes call for soaking the fruit before baking.

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NickNack — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:08:02 GMT

My grandmother used to make the most delicious fruitcake cookies. I loved them!

Now I buy the small Claxton fruitcakes at the local small market. I bought a Collins Street fruitcake once and didn't like it as well. I know some people don't like Claxton, but that's what I've eaten for years and like it. I look forward to it.