# Fruitcake! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926 "2018-12-11T02:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/1 "2018-12-11T02:44:46Z")
A friend has asked for a fruitcake for Christmas (ew!). What’s the best fruitcake on the internet? StG ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/2 "2018-12-11T02:47:26Z")
I don’t know, but when you find it buy two and send one my way as well. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/3 "2018-12-11T03:03:58Z")
Homemade. Better get started, they take awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/4 "2018-12-11T03:19:39Z")
I like [these guys](https://poorrockabbey.com/), but they aren’t even remotely inexpensive. Especially after you add in shipping costs from the wilds of northern Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/5 "2018-12-11T04:08:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Homemade. Better get started, they take awhile. One year I gave only homemade Christmas gifts, and made about a gazillion miniloaves of fruit cake one day. It was awesome and well-received, but I won’t do that again. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/6 "2018-12-11T19:34:29Z")
If you don’t mind baking, the [Good Eats Free-Range Fruitcak](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/free-range-fruitcake-recipe-1926833)e is fantastic. It is made with dried fruit instead of candied fruit and is dense, rich and delicious. If you want to buy, there are a lot of suggestions in the [other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=865922). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/7 "2018-12-11T19:39:58Z")
[Assumption Abbey](http://www.assumptionabbey.org/fruitcakes.asp), if you want them to love you for the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/8 "2018-12-11T19:57:49Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I like [these guys](https://poorrockabbey.com/), but they aren’t even remotely inexpensive. Especially after you add in shipping costs from the wilds of northern Michigan. I’ll second these guys. Their fruitcakes are amazing, as is their jam. Very boozy! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/9 "2018-12-11T20:33:56Z")
If they aren’t _that_ good of friends, just go to [Figi’s](https://www.figis.com/). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/10 "2018-12-11T22:50:48Z")
Thanks for the recommendations. I decided to send Assumption Abbey’s fruitcake. Not as expensive as Poor Rock Abbey’s - The Assumption monks must take their vow of poverty more seriously. 😉 StG ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/11 "2018-12-12T00:00:26Z")
Late to the party as always, but there is also [Gethsemani](https://www.gethsemanifarms.org/fruitcake.aspx) if you like bourbon. I don’t so haven’t tried it but many people here like it. I do like their fudge. The non-bourbon ones anyway. What is it with monks and fruitcake anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruitcake/825926/12 "2018-12-12T00:43:09Z")
My family makes it’s own fruitcake, but we also buy some. This is the only one we’ve purchased mailorder, from Corsicana Texas. > **[Collin Street Bakery | Collin Street Bakery](https://collinstreet.com/)** > > Collin Street Bakery World-Famous DeLuxe® Fruitcake. As Seen on The Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate. Bonding Friends and Family Through Generations!