So you switched it out for something that tastes less good? Crafty.

Switched it for something that tastes better (at least to somebody) initially. Nobody bothered to change the cake saving tradition however.

I think I just caught the House love. He doubts ALL children with cancer are that brave, surely some of them are whiny little jerks.

Nobody bothered to change the cake saving tradition however.

Typical lack of exit strategy.

I loved my grandmother's fruitcake and I think I like some from a bakery in Texas, Corsicana I think. I've never had fruitcake with alcohol though.

It's my new bedtime, so I'm off.

I liked ita's mother's fruitcake, but it didn't like me.

A really good fruitcake is like Anne's. Moist and crumbly, more fruit than cake and booze soaked but not overwhelmingly booze flavored. My mother's was like that, sigh. I've never tried making fruitcake for fear it would be one of those inedible dry blocks mentioned upthread. Ugh.

I think I like some from a bakery in Texas, Corsicana I think.

That's the place I linked to, above.

Hey Sail - have you ever tried the fruitcakes at Nature's Bakery? I worked there for a year, and we ended up with a whole bunck of extra fruitcakes. They were so nummy! i think I had a fruitcake every couple of days for a month or so....

No, I may have to search them out, though, if they're that good. The real problem is finding the good ones. References help!

eta: Oooh, they're part of the Willy St. Co-op. Next time I'm over at my dad's I'll swing by and check it out.

The frozen top tier of my wedding cake was good the next year. 'Course, still being silly and going "Gosh, we're married! We're having an anniversary, just like grown-ups!" might have had something to do with it.

I'm so glad that the fruitcakes were appreciated! I've only been making them for a few years, but they're already an important part of my Christmas.

ita will be glad to know that the rum in said fruitcake must be Goslings. None other will do.