Was in Cost Plus today looking at all the holiday goodies. My heart gives a pang when I see the stollen because my dad loved it so, even the dried out bought kind from there. He’s gone now 1.5 years.
But they have a bunch of fruitcakes too. Who actually likes fruitcake? I do not like it with those strangely pastel candied fruits. Hideous. However, I’ve had a slice of a fruitcake made with natural dried fruit bits and chunks of chocolate, yes probably a touch of alcohol in it, that was actually really good. Will I ever taste that again? I don’t know.
Here in Texas we’ve our own Fruit Cake Factory. Collin Street Bakery just a bit south of Dallas. They ship their cakes in a lidded round tin (similar to the round tins holding delicious shortbread cookies on the stores shelves during Christmas season
https://www.collinstreet.com/online_bakery_gift/deluxe_fruitcake
I’ve read they use a large amount of salt in their recipe which helps in preserving the cake for a longer period of time.
This recipe, however, does not call for a large quantity of salt. Claiming it lasts for a year or more - who knows :) These seldom hang around that long.
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2008/SEP/31775.html
Any cake remaining after the first nibblers leave the scene, you might wish to make dressing/stuffing.
http://www.zestuous.com/2012/06/collin-street-bakery-fruitcake-stuffing/
The stollen my German grandmother made was only eaten once, but the memory from childhood still lingers. Eating breakfast in the northern state of N.D. was a completely different meal than eating here in the south. LOL - they had cookies after breakfast :) As a child who could turn the nose up after that?
One day before I go, there will be a Kolache eaten. Do not remember ever eating one, though my other half has more than once. Do believe it would be something to savor. One of each: the savory and the sweet.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/kolaches/
my husbands entire family LOVES fruitcake...