Kitchen

[NickNack]

I would love to find a fruit cake that tastes more like homemade. I really don't like Claxton. Is there anything out there that tastes similar to homemade? I know nothing compares to homemade but I am just not a cook.

[Hellodemocrat]

On 12/4/2014 NickNack said:

I would love to find a fruit cake that tastes more like homemade. I really don't like Claxton. Is there anything out there that tastes similar to homemade? I know nothing compares to homemade but I am just not a cook.

I don't have my recipe with me (at wk) but i will post it when I get home. You can try it &it may become a favorite.

[Nightowlz]

I cannot believe nobody has posted Collin Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas. The VERY VERY VERY BEST IMO. I won't eat any other kind. Can you saw YUM!!! I saw the Claxton on Q the other day. It looked like it had a lot of the candied fruit in it.

[Junker2327]

Colin Street Bakery, HANDS DOWN, has the finest fruitcake in the world. And Swiss Colony fruitcake is a very close second.

Beckyblu

[pupwhipped]

On 12/4/2014 Nightowlz said:

I cannot believe nobody has posted Collin Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas. The VERY VERY VERY BEST IMO. I won't eat any other kind. Can you saw YUM!!! I saw the Claxton on Q the other day. It looked like it had a lot of the candied fruit in it.

Yep, I agree with you!

[05gage25]

Puddinhill.com has the best fruitcake ever. Texas pecans, glaceed cherries, tropical pineapple, and golden raisins in a buttery cake batter. Very decadent and rich! They also have walnut fruitcakes which I love. They don't have Citrons and heavy spices in them, so if you like the old fashioned ones which are spicy and strong tasting, these aren't for you. I hated fruitcake till I had one of Puddinhill's.

[rudy]

On 12/4/2014 fromthebronx said:

I think Claxton makes a pretty fantastic fruit cake, but I usually have to order it directly from them. It's almost impossible to find it in stores here in the Northeast.

Agreed! It's the only one we've bought for many years. It's moist and in a class all its own, not the usual dry bricks out there passing for fruitcake. I was happy to see that QVC is carrying it.

[queendiva]

On 12/4/2014 wingnut09 said: Assumption Abbey made by Trappist monks. Their fruitcake is better than my grandma's!

That's my choice, too.

[texanbybirth]

Another vote for COLLIN STREET BAKERY, Corsicana TX. www.collinstreet.com. The best and only supplier we buy from!

[mima]

On 12/4/2014 pupwhipped said:

On 12/4/2014 Nightowlz said:

I cannot believe nobody has posted Collin Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas. The VERY VERY VERY BEST IMO. I won't eat any other kind. Can you saw YUM!!! I saw the Claxton on Q the other day. It looked like it had a lot of the candied fruit in it.

Yep, I agree with you!

Me too. Actually I've always heard how gross fruit cakes were. You know, the jokes. LOL I have only eaten Collin Street fruit cakes and they are wonderful! I love slices served cold with whip cream on top and a cup of coffee! Yum!!!