# I love fruit cake. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061 "2004-12-10T03:09:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/21 "2004-12-10T21:53:39Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Y’all are sick! That is all I can say, as I am throwing up a little in my mouth even thinking about fruitcake. If your image of fruitcake includes that nasty citron and green candied cherries, by all means, feel free to barf. But, my fruitcake has none of that. Just a bunch of berries, cranberries, cherries, apricots and raisins, re-hydrated and macerated in rum for a couple days, then mixed in with the “cake” part. After baking, more spirits are generously poured on until no more can be absorbed. That one fruitcake in a 10" loaf pan contains about half a bottle of rum. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/22 "2004-12-10T21:58:47Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Have you ever made the recipe in The Settlement Cookbook? > A pound of butter, pound of brown sugar, 12 eggs, molasses, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, almonds, pecans, two kinds of raisons, dates, figs, and five kinds of candied fruit? > > It’ll kill you, but **YUMM** , what a way to go! Holy crap! Does that not have any flour in it? ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/23 "2004-12-10T22:20:12Z")
I’ve never had fruitcake - but after watching Alton Brown’s show about it last night, I may try making one sometime. His recipe includes a lot of different dried fruits - and the only candied bit is candied ginger. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/24 "2004-12-10T22:39:58Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > Holy crap! Does that not have any flour in it? Minor ingredient. I think it’s ~3 cups. I skimp. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/25 "2004-12-10T23:41:09Z")
**Reeder** , you have good taste. My dad loves fruitcake too. In fact, that’s one of the things I’m giving him for Christmas. I couldn’t find him a Claxton fruitcake this year to save my life, though. Guess he’ll have to make do with something called “Village Square.” He’ll eat it anyhow. Give the man enough eggnog, he won’t notice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/26 "2004-12-11T02:30:18Z")
I love fruit cake - the richer and darker, the better. All those who hate fruitcake, feel free to send me your share. I promise I’ll put it to good use. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/27 "2004-12-11T03:59:57Z")
Fruitcake fans unite!!!, the best Fruitcake EVER! comes from the Colin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas. Can I get an Amen? Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/28 "2004-12-11T05:47:27Z")
_blink_ _blink_ I’ve never been to Corsicana Tejas. Care to send out samples? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/29 "2004-12-11T11:56:32Z")
Christmas is only Christmas because if 3 things. 1) mince pies (the fruit mince kind) 2) Ham 3) Christmas cake and or (both hopefully) christmas pudd (with brandy sauce). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/30 "2004-12-11T12:52:39Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > Fruitcake fans unite!!!, the best Fruitcake EVER! comes from the Colin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas. > > Can I get an Amen? > > Unclviny I’ll give you an **AMEN!** I love the fruitcake from the Collin Street Bakery! My family usually gets a couple every year, and sends some as gifts too. We’ve visited the bakery in Corsicana, Texas, too. I once mailed one of their fruitcakes as a holiday gift to a penpal in Riga, Latvia. This was before the USSR broke up and he said sometimes items that were very obviously food gifts would “be lost” in the postal system. So the bakery mailed it out in a plain box, with only the tiny notation, for customs, that the package was edible. It got there safely. CSB fruitcake is moist, and has a lot of tasty fruit and nuts. The pecans are especially plump. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/31 "2004-12-11T13:13:33Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Anyone who doesn’t and gets one for xmas…email me for my address and send it to me. > > It’s better for it to be appreciated than thrown away. My mother made _the_ best fruitcakes in the world. Amazing crystallized fruit (not that neon-colored crap you see in grocery stores), delicious batter. Then came the fun part. A nice two-week spa bath in bourbon-soaked cheesecloth. You had to cut into literal slivers because it was so rich. My brother still dreams about that cake today. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061/32 "2004-12-11T15:05:11Z")
I’ll take care of any unwanted fruit cakes in the tri-state area. Oh, and I’ll be in Montreal for Xmas, so I’ll take everything north of the border too… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-fruit-cake/279061.md?page=1)