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Woo hoo! My Collin Street Bakery fruitcake came yesterday
December 06, 2023, 08:20 AM
Pipe SmokerWoo hoo! My Collin Street Bakery fruitcake came yesterday
An annual present from my brother and SiL. Many folks disparage fruitcake, but they’ve probably not tasted a Collin Street Bakery fruitcake. Especially with a bit of bourbon poured over it. Delectable!
I don’t have a sweet tooth, and seldom eat cake, but it’s the exception that proves the rule.
Serious about crackers. December 06, 2023, 09:25 AM
PASigI always tell people the same thing about fruitcake that I say about fish when they say they hate them.
"You never had good fruitcake then, you were probably given a disgusting cheap store-bought fruitcake and think they are all like that."
"You probably were given old or bad fish at some point early on and that's what you think it's all like"
I used to make my own fruitcakes with my own homemade candied grapefruit peel and orange peel and they were utterly delicious and people used to rave about them.
December 06, 2023, 09:28 AM
SigM4Collin St and
Assumption Abbey Fruitcakes are my two favorites.
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Complacency sucks… December 06, 2023, 11:11 AM
sigspecopsMy wife is from Corsicana, TX, where the Collin Street bakery started. I've been to their stores numerous times, but I have never tried the fruitcake. They do have a rum cookie that's super good though. I could eat a dozen all at once.
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December 06, 2023, 11:39 AM
HK Agquote:
Originally posted by sigspecops:
My wife is from Corsicana, TX, where the Collin Street bakery started. I've been to their stores numerous times, but I have never tried the fruitcake. They do have a rum cookie that's super good though. I could eat a dozen all at once.
Great items for sale at their bakery there.
I like to stop if I am driving past from Houston.
December 06, 2023, 12:37 PM
drill sgtFruit cake cookies.... The mother of a former boss that every year around Christmas time would make a large cookie tin of fruitcake cookies for the workers in the cabinet shop.... Well word got back to Miss Hazel nobody liked the fruitcake cookies except Keith... So the next time the cookie tin was delivered there was a note attached that the contents were for Keith and Keith only unless he decieded to share... Well I did did not share......................................... drill sgt.
December 06, 2023, 01:20 PM
P250UA5Yum.
My uncle & his dad used to make an annual pilgrimage up to Corsicana to pick up a few. Tasty stuff, for sure.
The Enemy's gate is down. December 06, 2023, 01:33 PM
GT-40DOCI was gifted with two(2) fruitcakes from the Claxton Bakery in Claxton, Ga. They have been baking these fruitcakes for over 110 years. I ate one, and froze the second one. It is time to thaw out the second one. Obviously, I like GOOD fruitcake, and this is one of them.
December 06, 2023, 02:24 PM
braillediverI stocked up on one doing the Thanksgiving shopping at Safeway. It's in the Christmas Holiday stash waiting for the feasting to begin.
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December 06, 2023, 02:27 PM
tatortoddCollins Street Bakery is in Corsicana which is about an hour outside of downtown Dallas on the highway (I-45) between Houston and Dallas.
If you ever go in person, I suggest going in the morning and getting their doughnuts. I'd skip the newer storefront on I-45, and drive into downtown for the original bakery (only about 5 minutes off the highway).
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. December 06, 2023, 04:22 PM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
An annual present from my brother and SiL. Many folks disparage fruitcake, but they’ve probably not tasted a Collin Street Bakery fruitcake. Especially with a bit of bourbon poured over it. Delectable!
I don’t have a sweet tooth, and seldom eat cake, but it’s the exception that proves the rule.
I had to see if I can order them from Amazon and I can. So what flavor or item do you suggest for a first timer?
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December 06, 2023, 07:12 PM
Pipe Smoker^^^^^
This one:
Collin Street Bakery DeLuxe Fruitcake
https://a.co/d/9Le27RyIt’s the classic version. For bourbon, Jim Beam Extra Aged will do.
Serious about crackers. December 06, 2023, 07:20 PM
12131My sister makes fruitcake for each of us at this time of the year. It's delicious.
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December 06, 2023, 10:35 PM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
^^^^^
This one:
Collin Street Bakery DeLuxe Fruitcake
https://a.co/d/9Le27RyIt’s the classic version. For bourbon, Jim Beam Extra Aged will do.
Stupid question: you literally pour the bourbon? How little? Do you get it soaking wet? Are you sure it’s not the bourbon?
And, yeah, I already placed the order.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
December 07, 2023, 08:19 AM
Pipe Smoker^^^^
I cut a wedge of fruitcake, about 1-1/2” at its back, and put it in a small bowl. Then I pour a tablespoon of bourbon over the wedge, most of which runs down into the bowl.
As I fork off each piece of fruitcake I work it around in the bourbon at the bottom of the bowl.
Re: “Are you sure it’s not the bourbon?”
I don’t understand that question.
Serious about crackers. December 07, 2023, 04:32 PM
MelissaDallasquote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
^^^^^
This one:
Collin Street Bakery DeLuxe Fruitcake
https://a.co/d/9Le27RyIt’s the classic version. For bourbon, Jim Beam Extra Aged will do.
Stupid question: you literally pour the bourbon? How little? Do you get it soaking wet? Are you sure it’s not the bourbon?
And, yeah, I already placed the order.
You are traditionally supposed to wrap them up in cheesecloth or similar that has been well dampened, then redampen the cloth periodically. I decided to pour “a little” directly over the cake a few years ago. Guess I went overboard, because by the end of the week the tin was oozing boozy goo all over the counter.
December 07, 2023, 06:49 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by MelissaDallas:
I decided to pour “a little” directly over the cake a few years ago. Guess I went overboard, because by the end of the week the tin was oozing boozy goo all over the counter.
I think I see your problem. It works better if you pour the booze into a glass and sip it. Eat the cake when it's convenient.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים December 07, 2023, 06:52 PM
lkdr1989Couldn't you just use the bourbon as a "dipping sauce", dip your cake
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HRKFresh Market near me carries it....
December 07, 2023, 07:09 PM
sig operatorBourbon mixed in whipped cream would make a great dipping sauce.