Every year my brother and SiL send me a Collin Street Bakery fruit cake. I received it yesterday.

http://collinstreet.com/regula...YEAQYASABEgLKS_D_BwE

Some folks disparage fruit cake, but the Texas-baked Collin Street version is darned tasty IMO. Especially when moistened with good bourbon!

I have to watch my weight closely and never eat sweet deserts – except while this once-a-year treat lasts.

Those are nice cakes. Enjoy it.

I just picked up a Christmas Fruitcake from Collin Street Bakery at Safeway this morning. Browsing the other Christmas Food Thread peaked my interest and I was going to order one. It was the same price and no shipping.

This other thread "Recommend holiday treat or specialty food" has helped round out my shopping list.
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/7000082774

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Back in the '70s my dad would order a Collins Street Bakery fruitcake every year at Christmas. I recall them being very tasty. When we were preparing for an auction at the farm house this past summer, after Dad was gone and Mom was in the nursing home, we found well over a dozen of the empty tin containers, so evidently he had continued to buy them for many years.

I typically travel to Waco, TX on business 4 or 5 times a year, and they have a Collins Street outlet. I have never stopped, but may have to do so on the next trip, if we ever get past the travel restrictions.

We just ordered two of the Collin Street Bakery fruit cakes early this week and they arrived Fedex yesterday. We've had them for many years and they are always great.

Check out Alton Browns fruitcake recipe. It is fantastic.

Not cheap to make by any means and you needed to start about 6 weeks ago to be ready for Christmas. I like to age mine for about 4 weeks and it takes a week or 2 to get some of the ingredients

Properly made fruit cake is a great short term survival food...

Love me some fruit cake. In 1969 while stationed in Korea my mother sent a Christmas fruit cake but got lost in mail and did not arrive till after the end of January. Yep it was dry and almost stale but one of the best that I ever had. And yes we all shared when the care packages came from home..Even the very stale popcorn used for packing material.. How many of you have heard the stories of fruit cakes that have been passed around families for generations ?? ................. drill sgt.

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Fruitcake is good as long as it doesn't have those little green mint chunks....

I am a life long fruit cake connoisseur and have tried almost every fruit cake known to man. My favorite is from The Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky https://www.gethsemanifarms.org/fruitcake.aspx Add some bourbon and you have heaven. It is not as good as my grandmother's but it is the next best thing.

Had them while in TX, tasty!

Glad they made it through the $17MM embezzlement by these shitheads!

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Those are nice cakes. Enjoy it.

Collin Street Bakery changed my mind about most fruit cakes and for years we've ordered them for my wife's family who love them.

Myself I'm a real sucker for Christmas puddings and have made my own in the past. My kids try to get me to only make hard sauce for them.

Never heard of this.

Apparently there is a movie w Will Ferrell being made about the embezzlement.

Its called "Fruitcake"

Who knew...

https://www.kltv.com/2020/02/1...ollin-street-bakery/

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Had them while in TX, tasty!

Glad they made it through the $17MM embezzlement by these shitheads!

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The CSFC will last a year in a cold refrigerator. I just finished the CSFC that my mother gifted last year. Mrs. kablammo is a strict supervisor of portion control. I found that the sweetness is well balanced with a side serving of cheese such as havarti, gouda, and manchego. A CSFC fondue would probably be delicious.

I like Stollen, which is a German style of fruitcake typically eaten around Christmas.

Aldi carries it around the holidays.

I am not a fruitcake expert by any means. But I got one at Costco that I thought was very good.

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Apparently there is a movie w Will Ferrell being made about the embezzlement.

Its called "Fruitcake"

This was an interesting and memorable story when published, as a CPA. Making that story into a movie seems a stretch but hey, with Will it should be funny!

Well, at least this dispels the rumor, that there exists only one fruitcake in the world and people are re-gifting it.

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Originally posted by Ironworker:
I am not a fruitcake expert by any means. But I got one at Costco that I thought was very good.

The Kirkland Costco fruitcake is very good too - went to get one and they already sold out! The Costco baker told me that in her 24 years of working there, they had never sold out before Thanksgiving before.
I'm going to try a collinstreet one for sure!